Lauren J.A. Bear
Author of MEDUSA'S SISTERS ('23) and MOTHER OF ROME ('25).
Reader. Educator. Mama Bear. Trouble maker.
Based in Seattle.
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With Bachelor degrees in Psychology and Engineering (Aerospace Avionics), she balances a long career in Tech with her great love of telling stories.
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Alison is a versatile author who artfully blends genres to create fast-paced, memorable stories, always keeping a woman’s quest for empowerment at the heart of her novels. There is a reason why she focuses on strong women who overcome adversity.
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Alison admits to running away from kindergarten three times. In high school, the career counselor told her that her grades were too poor to consider attending college. She wanted to pursue martial arts as a teenager but was told she shouldn’t engage in karate because she would get hurt fighting men. She was cautioned about riding horses because of the incidence of severe injury. And finally, she wanted to match her skills in marksmanship with the boys but was told girls couldn’t shoot.
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