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Madelyn Alt
Madelyn Alt
insists that
despite the
subject matter
she has chosen
to write about
she is just an
average small
town Midwestern
girl blessed
with an active
imagination and
a love for the
written word.
She has always
been intrigued
with the
paranormal, an
interest fueled
by her own
experiences and
those of some
trusted friends,
experiences that
can’t be easily
explained away.
The
Detective
Maggie O'Neill
was born
Margaret
Mary-Catherine
O'Neill (though
only her mother
calls her that).
Maggie is an
average
struggling small
town girl trying
to make her way
through a world
that seems to be
growing
increasingly
hostile to the
attempt. When
she realizes
that the strange
things she has
been
experiencing her
entire life are
actually
instances of her
true empathic
nature rearing
its head, she
reluctantly
finds herself
compelled to dig
deep in order to
discover
herself.
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Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong
grew up in
London, Ontario.
She graduated
from the
University of
Western Ontario
with a degree in
psychology she
but switched to
the study of
computer
programming. She
lives in rural
Ontario with her
husband and
three children
where she works
as a full time
writer.
The
Detectives
Paige
Winterbourne
is a young
headstrong
witch. She
was too
rebellious
to succeed
her mother
as leader of
one of the
world’s most
powerful
elite
organizations
– the
American
Coven of
Witches and
following
her mother’s
murder Paige
has broken
with the
ultraconservative
coven. She
is
determined
to begin her
own coven
when her
ward
Savannah, an
extremely
powerful
novice, is
threatened
by a dark
faction of
the
supernatural
underworld.
Elena
Michaels is
the world’s
only female
werewolf and
she’s tired
of it. Tired
of a life
spent hiding
and
protecting,
a life where
her most
important
job is
hunting down
rogue
werewolves.
She’s tired
of a world
that not
only accepts
the worst in
her, her
temper and
her
violence,
but requires
it. Worst of
all she
realized she
is growing
content with
that life so
she left the
pack and
returned to
Toronto
where she is
trying to
live as a
human. When
the pack
leader calls
asking for
her help she
only agrees
because she
owes him.
Once it’s
over she be
free to live
life as a
human.
Because
that’s what
she wants –
really.
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Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan
holds an
undergraduate
degree in
archaeology and
folklore from
Harvard and is
now pursuing a
Ph.D. in
anthropology and
folklore at
Indiana
University,
which means that
people keep
giving her
things like
degrees and
fellowship money
for studying
stuff that’s
useful to her as
a fantasy
writer. She's
been writing
fantasy since
she was nine or
ten years old,
and blames this
fact on Diana
Wynne Jones.
The
Detectives
Mirage is a
bounty hunter.
She lives by her
wits and lethal
fighting skills
and she always
gets her mark.
But her latest
mission will
take her into
the shadowy
world of witches
where her
strength may be
no match against
magic.
Miryo is a
failed witch.
She knows there
is someone in
the world who
looks just like
her, who is her
– Mirage. To
become a full
witch and master
her powers Miryo
has to hunt the
hunter and
destroy her.
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Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher was
born in
Independence
Missouri with
two older
sisters. He
completed his
first novel as a
teenager but
remained
unpublished
until writing
Stormfront, the
first book of
the Dresden
Files.
Jim is a martial
arts enthusiast
with fifteen
years of
experience in
various styles.
He is a skilled
rider and has
worked as a
summer camp
horse wrangler
and performed in
front of large
audiences in
both drill
riding and stunt
riding
exhibitions. He
enjoys fencing,
singing, bad
science fiction
movies and
live-action
gaming. He lives
in Missouri with
his wife, son,
and a vicious
guard dog.
The
Detective
The Dresden
Files are
set in an
alternate
Chicago
where magic
is real, but
only a few
actually
believe in
it. The
protagonist
is an
irascible
wizard named
Harry
Dresden.
Harry is the
best at what
he does.
When the
Chicago P.D.
has a case
that
transcends
mortal
creativity
or
capability,
they come to
him for
answers. The
"everyday"
world is
actually
full of
strange and
magical
things and
most of them
don't play
well with
humans.
That's where
Harry enters
the picture,
sometimes it
takes a
wizard to
catch a -
whatever.
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Mike Carey
Mike Carey was
born in
Liverpool in
1959. He earned
a degree at
Oxford and went
on to teach for
15 years before
moving into
writing comic
books. He
published his
first novel, The
Devil You Know,
in 2006 and his
first feature
film is
currently in
production. Mike
lives with his
wife and
children in
London England.
The
Detective
Felix Castor is
a freelance
exorcist, and
London is his
stamping ground.
At a time when
the supernatural
world is in
upheaval and
spilling over
into the mundane
reality of the
living, his
skills have
never been more
in demand. A
good exorcist
can charge what
he likes - and
enjoy a hell of
a life-style -
but there’s a
risk: sooner or
later he’s going
to take on a
spirit that’s
too strong for
him.
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Karen Chance
Karen Chance was
born in Orlando
Florida and
holds an
advanced degree
in history. She
has lived in
France, the
United Kingdom
and Hong Kong
but always
returns to the
United States.
She currently
lives in Orlando
Florida.
The
Detective
Cassandra Palmer
is a powerful
clairvoyant who
works part-time
at an Atlanta
club reading
Tarot cards.
She’s finding it
hard to escape
her past,
orphaned at a
young age and
brought up by
the undead,
Cassie has the
ability to
communicate with
the spirit realm
and her powers
were abused time
and time again
by a ruthless
master vampire
named Tony. It's
been three years
since Cassie, a
self-described
"ghost magnet",
has been free of
the
centuries-old
bloodsucker, but
now he's back
and eager to
reclaim his
human
possession.
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Shirley
Damsgaard
Shirley
Damsgaard, is
the author of
numerous
published short
stories. She
lives with her
family in
small-town Iowa
where she has
served as
Postmaster for
the last twenty
years.
The
Detective
Thirty-something
Ophelia Jensen
wants nothing
more than to
live a quiet
life as a small
town librarian.
She has a
comfortable
existence with
her grandmother
Abby and if it
were up to her,
they could live
out their days
in peace and
quiet. But, to
Ophelia's
dismay, she and
Abby aren't a
typical
grandmother/granddaughter
duo. She
possesses
psychic powers,
and Abby is a
kindly witch.
Ophelia would
like to dismiss
her gift,
especially after
her best friend
was killed and
she was unable
to prevent it,
but threatening
events keep
popup forcing
her to tap into
her powers of
intuition.
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Casey Daniels
Casey Daniels
applied for a
part time job as
a tour guide at
a historic
cemetery not far
from where she
lives. She
didn’t get the
job but she did
get the idea for
the Pepper
Martin mystery
series. Casey
inherited her
love of the
mystery genre
from her father,
a Cleveland
police detective
with a fondness
for Sherlock
Holmes. He liked
to spend his
days off
searching for
stolen cars,
often with young
Casey along for
the ride. She
has a degree in
English and has
worked as a
journalist and
writing teacher.
Casey enjoys
knitting,
gardening and
stomping through
cemeteries in
search of
history, stories
and inspiration.
The
Detective
Meet Pepper
Martin. Her
wealthy plastic
surgeon father
is in the
federal pen for
Medicare fraud
and her handsome
stockbroker
fiancé dumped
her like a hot
potato when her
father’s
reputation went
down the drain.
There go her
plans for being
a Country Club
Wife. Now, armed
with a degree in
art history that
she thought
she’d never have
to use, Pepper
has to earn a
living, and
she’s stuck in
the deadest of
all dead-end
jobs, working as
a tour guide in
a historic
cemetery. When
Gus Scarpetti
started speaking
to her she
didn't pay a
whole lot of
attention.
Why would she?
Gus has been
dead for thirty
years.
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Laurell K.
Hamilton
Laurell K.
Hamilton was
born in Heber
Springs,
Arkansas but
grew up in Sims,
Indiana, a
hamlet with a
population of
about one
hundred souls.
Laurell's mother
died in a car
crash in 1969,
after which time
her grandmother
held the
household
together. Her
mother's death,
her
grandmother's
role in raising
her, and having
grown up with no
men in the home
are "the three
things that made
who I am," she
says. She still
believes she
would have grown
up to be a
writer
regardless.
The
Detective
Anita Blake
lives in a
world very
similar to
our own. The
difference:
things that
go bump in
the night
are real.
Vampires,
magic,
zombies,
werewolves,
shapeshifters
all exist
and are
active.
Owning
businesses,
having love
lives and
living or
unliving
their day to
day
existence.
Anita is an
Animator and
Vampire
Slayer, is a
monster
slayer
though
sometimes
the monsters
are human
and even
Anita is not
sure she
isn’t one of
them.
Anita
works for
Animators,
Inc. She
routinely
raises
zombies for
a living.
Have a
questionable
will and
died? Anita
can raise
you for your
heirs to
find out
what you
intended.
Need to tell
someone how
you really
feel about
them but
they died
first? Anita
can bring
them back
long enough
for you to
have your
say. Anita
also works
as a
consultant
for the
Regional
Preternatural
Investigation
Team (RPIT),
a division
of the St.
Louis Police
force that
deals with
supernatural
crimes.
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Charlaine
Harris
Charlaine Harris
has been writing
mysteries for
over twenty
years. She is a
native of
Mississippi.
Born and raised
in the Delta.
She began
training for her
career as soon
as she could
hold a pencil.
In addition to
her work as a
writer,
Charlaine is
married and the
mother of three
teenagers. A
former weight
lifter and
karate student,
she is an avid
reader and
cinemaphile. She
is a member of
the vestry of
St. James
Episcopal
Church.
Charlaine is a
member of the
Mystery Writers
of America and
the American
Crime Writers
League. She is a
member of the
board of Sisters
in Crime, and
alternates with
Joan Hess as
president of the
Arkansas Mystery
Writers
Alliance.
The
Detective
Sookie
Stackhouse is
just a
small-time
cocktail
waitress in
small-town
Louisiana on a
streak of bad
luck. First, her
coworker is
murdered and no
one seems to
care. Then she's
face-to-face
with a beastly
creature that
gives her a
painful and
poisonous
lashing. Enter
the vampires,
who graciously
suck the poison
from her veins
(like they
didn't enjoy
it). Point is,
they saved her
life. So when
one of the
bloodsuckers
asks for a
favor, she
complies. And
soon, Sookie's
in Dallas using
her telepathic
skills to search
for a missing
vampire. She's
supposed to
interview
certain humans
involved.
There's just one
condition: the
vampires must
promise to
behave--and let
the humans go
unharmed. Easier
said than done.
All it takes is
one delicious
blonde and one
small mistake
for things to
turn deadly.
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Kim Harrison
The only girl in
a large family
of boys, former
tomboy Kim
Harrison
invented the
first Brigadier
General Barbie
in self-defense.
When not
haunting the
stores for good
music, good
chocolate, and
sexy boots she
shoots a very
bad game of pool
and rolls a very
good game of
dice. When not
at her keyboard,
she enjoys
lounging on the
couch with a
bowl of popcorn
watching action
movies with
The-Guy-In-The-Leather-Jacket.
She plays her
Ashiko drum when
no one is
listening, and
is hard to find
when the moon is
new.
The
Detective
Bounty hunter
and witch Rachel
Morgan prowls
the dark streets
of Cincinnati,
keeping tabs on
the vampires and
other creatures
of the
supernatural who
prey on the
city's innocent
and vulnerable
inhabitants. She
is a runner with
the Inderland
Runner Services,
apprehending
law-breakers
throughout
Cincinnati.
She’s also a
witch, one of
the many
Inderlanders who
revealed
themselves after
a genetically
engineered virus
wiped out 50% of
humanity.
Witches,
warlocks,
vampires,
werewolves-the
creatures of
dreams and
nightmares have
lived beside
humans for
centuries,
hiding their
powers. But now
they’ve stopped
hiding, and
nothing will be
the same.
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Victoria Laurie
Victoria Laurie
once wanted to
be a spy grew up
to become a
professional
psychic and
author. Her
father worked in
international
auto sales,
Victoria lived
in two foreign
countries and
four states
before she was
twelve. The
family settled
down for good in
Birmingham
Michigan. When
the cold of
Michigan became
more than she
could bear she
moved to Florida
where she met a
medium who
insisted she was
psychic. After
giving the
matter serious
consideration
she decided to
experiment and
to her surprise
her clientele
grew and her
practice
flourished. She
returned to
Michigan and in
February 2003
began tapping
out the Abbey
Cooper mystery
series based on
events in her
life.
The
Detective
Abbey Cooper was
born due to the
author’s
frustration with
the way psychics
are depicted in
books and on
television. She
was frustrated
that the psychic
is always
relieving some
gullible kook of
their money.
Abbey is
intended to be a
more accurate
perspective. She
doesn’t go into
trances, faint
or cast spells
on people she
dislikes. She
really is a
normal person,
truly the “girl
next door”. She
simply has a
heightened sense
of awareness.
She gleans
little hints of
things to come.
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Lilith Saintcrow
Lilith Saintcrow
was born in New
Mexico, bounced
around the world
as an Air Force
brat, and fell
in love with
writing when she
was ten years
old. After
taking second
place in a
fiction-writing
contest her
addiction to the
written word was
sealed, it's
often thought
that she has ink
instead of blood
filling her
veins.
A previously
published
author, she has
written a
paranormal
romance, Dark
Watcher. She
currently lives
in Vancouver, WA
with two small
children and a
houseful of
cats. Oh, and a
husband too.
The
Detective
Necromancer-for-hire
Dante Valentine
is a loner with
a prickly
attitude, smart
mouth, powerful
sword and a
unique job, she
can raise the
dead like
nobody's
business. She
grew up in an
abusive
orphanage in a
futuristic
alternate
reality. She
never knew the
parents who
abandoned her in
the hospital
immediately
after she was
born. Only her
unique talent
for necromancy
saved her from
the worse fate
of being sold to
the highest
bidder. She’s a
kick-ass heroine
who effortlessly
holds your
attention
weather
struggling to
mask her hidden
sorrows or
smart-mouthing
the Devil
himself.
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Cecelia Tishy
Cecelia Tishy is
a Pittsburg
native who has
also lived in
West Palm Beach,
Florida and
Fairmont, West
Virginia made
her home in
Boston,
Massachusetts
for twenty
years. She left
in 1987 to
relocate to
Nashville,
Tennessee with
her husband and
two daughters.
When she isn’t
writing
mysteries she is
a professor of
American
Literature at
Vanderbilt
University. She
has also written
under the name
Cecelia Tichi,
sever nonfiction
works on such
diverse subjects
as country music
and muckraking
in America.
The
Detective
Regina Cutter is
not your
ordinary
detective.
Dumped for a
trophy wife by
her corporate
executive
husband,
forty-something
Regina got a
lemon of a
divorce and
turned it into
lemonade. Gone
are the
taupe-colored
suits, the
private jet, and
the ladies'
luncheons.
Instead she's
taken over the
legacies of a
dearly departed
aunt: a town
house in
Boston's Barlow
Square, a beagle
co-owned by a
tough Harley
biker and a
startling
paranormal
ability."
"Reggie's two
grown children
worry about her,
but she's
happier than
she's ever been.
On the downside,
her upstairs
tenant is high
maintenance. On
the
new-and-improved
front, she's
picking up right
where her aunt
left off, as an
unofficial
consultant to
the Boston P.D.
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David & Aimee
Thurlo
David and Aimée
Thurlo have been
married for
thirty-six
years. David was
raised on the
Navajo Indian
Reservation and
left Shiprock to
complete his
education at the
University of
New Mexico.
Aimée has lived
in New Mexico
for thirty-six
years. Their
home is
populated with
dogs, horses,
and various pet
rodents.
The writing
team's novels,
which have
appeared under
Aimée's name as
well as
pseudonyms, have
been published
in more than
twenty
countries. They
have repeatedly
made Ingram's
A-List as well
as Waldenbooks'
and B. Dalton's
bestseller
lists.
The
Detective
New Mexico
State Police
Officer is a
nightwalker,
the Navajo
equivalent
of a
vampire, Lee
lives with
one foot in
the human
world and
one in a
world full
of monsters.
Thanks to
the quick
work of a
Navajo
shaman Lee
can walk
about in the
day and he
prefers his
blood
refrigerated
but his
vampire
nature makes
him a magnet
for other
supernatural
entities.
Lee is the
target of
his mortal
enemies, the
skinwalkers,
who are
Navajo
witches with
the ability
to
shape-shift
into wolves
or mountain
lions. These
evil
creatures
sense his
special
powers, and
hope to
bring about
his death
and acquire
Lee's
strength and
longevity
for
themselves.
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Dan Vining
Dan Vining has
worked as a
screenwriter,
newspaper
reporter, and
writer and
editor at
Rolling Stone.
He was a Stegner
Fellow in Poetry
at Stanford
University,
where he also
taught.
The
Detective
Private
investigator
Jimmy Miles
works the
Hollywood nights
but Jimmy Miles
is dead. He’s a
Sailor, someone
who has died but
is still here in
the flesh, a
second version
of himself. He
remains in his
human form
except to those
who knew him
when he was
alive, they see
a different face
when they look
at him. Jimmy
never ages and
he doesn’t need
sleep. Though
alive, he can’t
be killed but he
can be hurt or
injured. Jimmy
is out to
discover the
truth about
himself and for
a Sailor that
can be a
frightening
thing.
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F. Paul
Wilson
Paul
was born and
raised in New
Jersey where he
misspent his
youth playing
with matches,
poring over
Uncle Scrooge
and E.C. comics,
reading
Lovecraft,
Matheson,
Bradbury, and
Heinlein,
listening to
Chuck Berry and
Alan Freed on
the radio, and
watching Soupy
Sales and Shock
Theatre with
Zacherley.
He is the author
of more than
thirty books:
six science
fiction novels,
eight horror
thrillers, three
contemporary
thrillers and a
number of
collaborations.
The
Detective
Jack is a
denizen of
Manhattan who
dwells in the
interstices of
modern society.
He has no
official
identity, no
social security
number, pays no
taxes. When you
lose faith in
the system, or
the system lets
you down, you go
to a guy who's
outside the
system. That's
Repairman Jack.
But he's no
Equalizer, no
knight in
shining armor.
Jack is strictly
fee for service,
and he may be a
few bricks shy
of a full load
himself, but at
least he's under
control...most
of the time.
The name: Abe
dubbed him
Repairman Jack
during the
start-up years
of Jack's fix-it
business. Jack
used it awhile
as a sort of
gag, but it
stuck. Now, like
it or not, he's
known as
Repairman Jack.
Jack facts:
- Jack
hires out
for cash to
"fix"
situations
that have no
legal
remedy.
- He
considers
himself a
small
businessman
and tries
not to get
emotionally
involved
- He
almost
always gets
emotionally
involved
- He has a
violent
streak that
he's always
trying to
control.
- He's a
firm
believer in
Murphy's Law
and always
likes to
plan things
out, with a
second
escape
route, a
back-up
plan, etc.
But things
rarely go as
planned, and
that makes
him
irritable
and jumpy.
- He's low
tech. Not a
Luddite, but
he believes
technology
is
especially
vulnerable
to Murphy's
Law. He's
only
recently got
into
computers
and the web.
- He
believes
that men are
from Mars,
women are
from Venus,
and
government
is from
Uranus.
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