Order of Charlene Weir Books

Charlene Weir
Charlene Weir (1937-2015) was an American author of mystery novels. She wrote the Susan Wren series. Charlene was born and raised in the state of Kansas. She was trained as a nurse, attended the University of Oklahoma and became a public health nurse. Charlene passed away in April 2015 in El Cerrito, California. (more…)

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Order of Fu Manchu Books

Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer
Fu Manchu is the main character in a series of crime fiction novels by English novelist Sax Rohmer. Fu Manchu is a supervillain who uses methods such as bandits, thugs, snakes, spiders or fungi rather than using guns or explosives to kill. The character has not only appeared in Rohmer’s series of novels, but also in film, TV, radio and comics. The character is also famous for his moustache – the “Fu Manchu.” (more…)

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Order of Sax Rohmer Books

Sax Rohmer
Sax Rohmer was the pen name of English author Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959), who was best known for his Fu Manchu series. Rohmer had a working class background, growing up in Birmingham, England. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers prior to becoming a novelist. (more…)

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Order of Jessica Lemmon Books

Jessica Lemmon
Jessica Lemmon is an American author of contemporary romance novels. She writes the Love in the Balance, Second Chance, Lost Boys and Billionaire Bad Boys series. Sick of working in sales, Jessica decided a change was necessary and decided writing about sexy heroes and sassy heroines was exactly what she needed. She has a degree in graphic design. Jessica enjoys cooking, drawing, drinking coffee and wine (not together) and eating chips. She lives in Ohio with her husband and rescue dog. (more…)

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Order of Maile Meloy Books

Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy is an American author of fantasy, adventure and literary fiction novels. She has had short stories published in The New Yorker and The Paris Review. She won the Rosenthal Foundation Award and the John C. Zacharis Award for her collection Half in Love. Maile has also won the Aga Khan Prize for Fiction and received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Originally from Montana, she now resides in California. (more…)

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Order of Karen E. Bender Books

Karen E Bender
Karen E. Bender is an American author of women’s fiction novels. She grew up in Los Angeles, but has also lived in New York City and Iowa City, where she attended the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her short story collection Refund was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction and was shortlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Story Prize. Karen enjoys cooking and running. Sometimes, she’ll even play cello at her local synagogue. (more…)

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June 2016 Newsletter

Growing up, my mum owned a lot of books including all of the V.C. Andrews books in the Dollanganger series. You know – Flowers in the Attic etc. Despite getting hooked on reading at a young age they never interested me. Maybe I thought they were “for girls” or something.

At 16 i moved from Scotland to Canada to live with my dad. He had a decent sized collection of books and I’d read through a lot of them randomly. He also owned the same V.C. Andrews books but again I never touched them. Never even gave them a second thought. (more…)

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Reader Mailbag: Blindly Buy List

We all have favourite authors. Authors whose books we blindly buy year in, year out.

I decided to pose the question to our readers: who is on YOUR blindly buy list? Without even having to read the book description…

And I will warn you – we got a LOT of amazing feedback. Over 5,000 words are within this article!

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Order of Romina Russell Books

Romina Russell
Romina Russell is an Argentine-American author of YA science fiction and fantasy novels. She writes the Zodiac series. Romina got her first writing job when she was a teenage, writing a weekly Sunday column for the Miami Herald that was later nationally syndicated. She hasn’t stopped writing since. When Romina’s not writing, she may be producing movie trailers, taking photos or thinking about that new drumset she wants to buy. Romina graduated from Harvard College. She lives in Los Angeles, California. (more…)

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Order of Tonya Kuper Books

Tonya Kuper
Tonya Kuper is an American author of YA science fiction novels. She writes the Schrodinger’s Consortium series. Tonya loves Star Wars and Sherlock Holmes, considers herself a music junkie and has a addiction to chocolate. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her husband and two sons. (more…)

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