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Joanna Campbell Slan is an American author of cozy mystery novels and non-fiction books. She is best known for her Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mysteries series. Joanna grew up in Indiana and earned her journalism degree from Ball State Universe. From there, she worked as a newspaper reporter, a newspaper ad salesperson, a television talk show […]
Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/adventure novels and stories by British novelist Leslie Charteris, and later by other authors. Templar is a thief and an amateur detective with a boyish charm and morals similar to that of Robin Hood. His targets consist of corrupt politicians, […]
Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British author of crime thriller and adventure novels. He is best known for creating The Saint series starring Simon Templar. Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese father and British mother. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire, England before moving onto King’s College, Cambridge, which he dropped out from […]
Uplift is a series of hard science fiction novels by American author David Brin. In the Uplift universe, civilization is made up of many different sentient races. An “uplift” is when a species genetically modifies a species that is pre-sapient so that it becomes sapient. The only species that was not uplifted was humanity – […]
Dr. David Brin is an American author of science fiction novels and stories. He is the creator of the Uplift universe. Brin graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in astrophysics and also got his M.S. in applied physics and Ph.D in space science from the University of California, San Diego. As […]
Malin Fors is the protagonist in a series of Scandinavian crime fiction novels by Swedish novelist Mons Kallentoft. Malin Fors is a detective based in the small town of Linkoping, Sweden. She is 31 years old with an athletic build. She’s also a single mother to a teenage daughter, Tove. Malin is also in the […]
Mons Kallentoft is a Swedish author of Scandinavian crime fiction novels. He writes the Malin Fors series. Kallentoft was raised in Ljungsbro, Sweden. He is also a journalist. Mons lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
Alison Weir is a British author of historical non-fiction and fiction books. The topic of all of her books – whether fiction or non-fiction – is the British monarchy. Alison has written biographies of such royals as Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Mary, Queen of Scots, Isabella of France and many others. She has also written […]
The Dark Citadel is a series of epic fantasy novels by author Michael Wallace. The series is set in the city of Balsalom. It is there that a slave boy named Darik meets a pair of spies while the city falls under attack of The Dark Wizard.
The Righteous series is a series of suspense-thriller novels by author Michael Wallace. In the conservative polygamist enclave of Blister Creek, Utah, Jacob Christianson is a medical student who is also called upon to work as an criminal investigator and an undercover agent, all while trying to reconcile his faith with his skepticism. Meanwhile, his […]