Kristen Middleton
NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Kristen Middleton, is from the Midwest and not only enjoys writing, but connecting with her readers. Kristen also writes gritty biker books under the name Cassie Alexandra. She is also involved with raising money to help locate missing and exploited children, helping other authors succeed by sharing what she's learned in the self-publishing industry, and volunteering resources or her time whenever she can. "Besides having a passion for writing, I adore children, suspenseful movies, watching Shameless and The Walking Dead, traveling, Moscato wine, Chianti Grill, Savoy Pizza, and meeting new friends."
Kristen Middleton lives in Minnesota
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When Catherine isn't writing, she's dog-wrangling, wrestling with technology, or going crazy trying to maintain control of the yard.
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A graduate of a 3-year Graphic Design program, being creative has always been Sandra’s passion. Over the years she has enjoyed creating works of art for her family and friends. Her children, however, brought out the storyteller inside when Sandra told them bedtime stories. Her wild imagination lent itself to new and exciting ideas.
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Decades after she wrote her first stories on construction paper and years after typing on an inherited green screen computer that weighed half a ton, Stacy realized her dream of becoming a full-time author.
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Gabriel Blake
My preferred genre is psychological thrillers. I love all the plotting involved in creating a story with twists, turns, and jaw-dropping moments. Some would say my writing is aimed more toward horror-thriller.
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I love to read books by Stephen King, Mark Billingham, James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Jeffery Deaver, Val McDermid, Peter James, and Teresa Driscoll to mention a few.
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Bert Murray is an American author. Bert attended Princeton University.
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Adam Archer
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Every chance I get, I write and draw middle my own novels.
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Anthony O'Connor
I grew up in a small town in rural Australia. I studied mathematics, physics and computer science at the University of NSW in Sydney, Australia. I worked in IT and Software Engineering for many years, on a wide variety of systems and applications - mostly in Australia, but also in the United States and the UK.
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I have always read very widely. The classics, modern SF, history, philosophy, mythology, AI, the singularity, mysticism, modern physics, logic, mathematics et al. My favorite writers are David Foster Wallace, Charles Bukowksi, Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Ian Banks, Vernor Vinge, and Peter Watts. I am interested in everything.
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Nancy Boyarsky
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Nancy's books have been compared to Mary Higgins Clark and are praised for contributing to the "women-driven mystery field with panache" (Foreword Reviews) as well as for their "hold-onto-the-bar roller coaster" plots (RT Book Reviews).
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Julian Shaw
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K.P. Ambroziak
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Kate Thomas
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Her focus is on paranormal and fantasy romance with the occasional urban fantasy thrown in for fun. She's spent most of her life wondering about the 'unseen' far more than what we're able to touch, see and feel. There just has to be more than we can access. She's sure of it.
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F.R. Jameson
F.R. Jameson was born in Wales, but now lives in London with his wife and young daughter. He writes both historical thrillers and supernatural thrillers.
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His books are, at the moment, mostly sorted into two different – but complimentary – series. The first, ‘Screen Siren Noir’, currently comprises of three novels: ‘Diana Christmas’, ‘Eden St. Michel’ and ‘Alice Rackham’. All of which tell the stories of beautiful British film stars caught up in Noir tales of blackmail, obsession, scandal and death. He is currently working on both the fourth and fifth books in the series.
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"... a writer who has tremendous ability and tremendous potential. One to watch. - SJ"
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Colleen Mooney
I was born, raised, and still live in New Orleans. I started going to parades and watched them from sitting on my Dad's shoulders before I could walk. I've been in Girl Scout parades, high school parades, St. Patrick's parades, Mardi Gras parades, on dance teams in parades and just about any loosely organized group who deemed it necessary to parade. I just can't help myself. I love parades.
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I attended Loyola of the South here in New Orleans so I wouldn't be far from a parade.
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Tallulah Grace
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Becoming an author was not a conscious decision; I've always been a writer. Channeling a passion for story-telling into my livelihood required a giant leap of faith, one that I'll never regret as I truly love what I do.
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David P. Forsyth
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Janet McNulty
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In addition to writing for young adults and adults, Ms. McNulty has also published several picture books for children.