Order of Susanna Gregory Books
Susanna Gregory is the pen name of English author Elizabeth Cruwys, who writes historical mystery novels. She writes the Matthew Bartholomew and the Thomas Chaloner series. Susanna is a Cambridge academic who previously worked as a coroner’s officer. She also writes alongside Beau Riffenburgh as Simon Beaufort and is a member of the Medieval Murderers group. (more…)
Order of Geraldine Brooks Books
Geraldine Brooks is an Australian-American author of historical fiction novels. She is also a journalist. Geraldine’s novel March won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005. She was educated at Bethlehem College and the University of Sydney. After graduating, she worked as a rookie reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald. She then won a Greg Shackleton Memorial Scholarship and moved to the United States, earning herself a Master’s degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. (more…)
Order of Fairy Tales Books
The Fairy Tales series is a series of science fiction/fantasy/erotica stories by Canadian author Viola Grace. This series is a re-working of old fairy tales, but with a futuristic twist. (more…)
Order of Tales Of The Citadel Books
Tales of the Citadel is a series of science fiction/paranormal romance stories by Canadian author Viola Grace. The series is a spin-off of her earlier Sector Guard series. (more…)
Order of Nexus Chronicles Books
The Nexus Chronicles is a series of contemporary fantasy/romance novels and stories by Canadian author Viola Grace. The Next Chronicles is a modern fantasy romp where a Nexus brings life to garden gnomes, a gorgon runs a bakery and an elf is the boy next door. (more…)
Order of Viola Grace Books
Viola Grace is a Canadian author of sci-fi, paranormal romance and erotica novels and short stories. She writes the Nexus Chronicles, Tales of the Citadel, Warders, Sector Guard, Terran Times, Sisters of Silverwood, D.A.R.E. Project, Fairy Tales, Return of the Nine, Obscure Magic, Operation Reindeer Retrieval and more. Viola was born in Manitoba, Canada (where she still resides). Some of her hobbies include cross-stitch, needlepoint, quilting, costuming, cake decorating, baking, cooking, metal work, beading, sculpting, painting, doll making, henna tattoos, chain mail and others. Oftentimes these hobbies will find their way into her stories. She also writes as Zenina Masters. (more…)
Order of Elizabeth Strout Books
Elizabeth Strout is an American author. She is the author of Abide with Me, a national bestseller and BookSense pick, and Amy and Isabelle, which won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in England. In 2009, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book Olive Kitteridge. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker. She teaches at the Master of Fine Arts program at Queens University of Charlotte. (more…)
Order of Alexander Chee Books
Alexander Chee is an American author. He was born in Rhode Island, but spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Truk, Guam and Maine. He attended Wesleyan University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Among the awards and honours he has received include the Asian American Writers Workshop Literary Award, the Lambda Editor’s Choice Prize, the Michener/Copernicus Fellowship Prize, the 2003 Whiting Award, a residency from the MacDowell Colony and the 2004 NEA Fellowship in Fiction. Chee has taught at the New School University and Wesleyan, and has served as a Visiting Writer at Amherst College. He lives in Massachusetts. (more…)
Order of Cleo Scornavacca Books
Cleo Scornavacca is an American author of romance novels. She writes the Miss Taken Identity series. Besides being a writer, Cleo is also a wife, mom and Jersey Girl. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading and being with family and friends. Cleo is strongly opposed to animal abuse, has an obsession with Italy and spends as much time as possible “down the shore” with a pen and paper in hand. (more…)
Order of Rei Shimura Books
Rei Shimura is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels and stories by English-American novelist Sujata Massey. Rei Shimura is an English teacher living and working in Tokyo, Japan. She is originally from California, born to a Japanese father and an American mother. Although while Stateside, Rei is mistaken to be full-blooded Japanese, she is considered to be a foreigner in Japan. Aside from teaching, she has also worked as an antiques dealer and a newspaper columnist. Her next job is one she happens upon – amateur sleuth. (more…)