Order of China Mieville Books
China Mieville is an English author of fantasy, steampunk and New Weird fiction novels and stories as well as non-fiction books. He has won the Arthur C. Clark, British Fantasy, Locus, Hugo, Kitschies and World Fantasy awards multiple times each. Although China is mostly associated with fantasy genre (and the like), he has said he intends to write a novel in each genre. He has his B.A. in social anthropology and his Master’s and Ph.D in international relations. (more…)
Order of David Guterson Books
David Guterson is an American author of literary fiction novels, in addition to writing short stories, poems and essays. He was born in Seattle, Washington, and earned his M.A. from the University of Washington. David is a Guggenheim Fellow, and a former contributing editor to Harper’s magazine. He is also a co-founder of Field’s End, an organization for writers. (more…)
Order of Amitav Ghosh Books
Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author of fiction and non-fiction books. Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta in 1956. He studied in Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Alexandria and Oxford and his first job was at the Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi. He earned a doctorate at Oxford. He has taught at many universities in India and the United States, including Delhi University, Columbia, the City University of New York and Harvard. Amitav is married to the writer, Deborah Baker, and has two children, Lila and Nayan. He divides his time between Kolkata, Goa and Brooklyn. (more…)
Order of Life In Icicle Falls Books
Life in Icicle Falls is a series of contemporary romance novels by Sheila Roberts. The series is about several stories set in the town of Icicle Falls, Washington. (more…)
Order of Sheila Roberts Books
Sheila Roberts is an author of contemporary romance and women’s fiction novels. She writes the Life in Icicle Falls series. Prior to becoming a writer, Sheila owned a singing telegram company and played in a band (she still loves writing songs). Her novel On Strike for Christmas was adapted into a Lifetime movie, and The Nine Lives of Christmas was made into a movie for the Hallmark Channel. Besides writing, she also speaks to women’s groups. Sheila is married, has three children and lives in the Pacific Northwest. (more…)
August 2017 Newsletter
Can’t believe it’s August already – where does the time go?
First off a big thank you to everyone who interacted socially with BookSeries.org last month – I really appreciate it.
As a thank you I’m running a contest there where you can win a FREE Kindle Paperwhite. All you have to do is register and click “enter” to get one entry – then there are a bunch of additional things you can do to get additional entries.
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Reader Mailbag: Standalone Thrillers
Last month I asked our readers to the newsletter what standalone thrillers they would recommend.
Here were the responses:
Order of Alice Adams Books
Alice Adams (1926-1999) was an American novelist and short story writer. Alice was born in Virginia and grew up in North Carolina. She then attended Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alice spent time in Paris, and ended up moving to San Francisco, where she spent most of her adult life. (more…)
Order of Alessandra Torre Books
Alessandra Torre is an American author of erotic romance novels, and also writes erotic suspense as A.R. Torre. Alessandra is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She spends several hours of her day working on various writing projects and interacting with readers on the different social media platforms she is on. Alessandra enjoys watching SEC football games, horseback riding, reading and watching movies. She lives in Florida, and is married with a son. (more…)
Order of Margaret Mayhew Books
Margaret Mayhew is an English author of mystery and historical romance novels. She writes the Village Mysteries series. Margaret Mayhew was born in London, and recalls the London Blitz as her first memories. She began writing when she was in her thirties. Margaret is married to Philip Kaplan, a fellow author, and lives in Gloucestershire, England. (more…)