Trained as an artist with a BFA in illustration from the California College of Arts and Crafts, SUSAN KRINARD became a writer in 1992 when a friend read a short story she’d written and suggested she try writing a romance novel. A longtime fan of science fiction and fantasy, Susan began reading romance—and realized what she wanted to do was combine the two genres. Prince of Wolves, her first romance novel and one of the earliest to feature a werewolf hero, was the result. Within a year Susan had sold the manuscript to Bantam as part of a three-book contract, and the novel went on to make several bestseller lists. Since then, she’s written and published over fourteen paranormal and fantasy novels, and written stories for a number of anthologies, both fantasy and romance. Both the anthology Out of This World (which included Susan’s “Kinsman”) and the novel Lord of the Beasts appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. Susan makes her home in New Mexico, the “Land of Enchantment,” with her husband, Serge; their dogs Freya, Nahla, and Cagney; and their cat, Jefferson. In addition to writing, Susan’s interests include music of almost every kind, old movies, reading, nature, baking, and collecting unique handmade jewelry and decorative crafts.
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CHEYENNE McCRAY has a passion for writing suspense and urban fantasy novels. Among many other awards, Chey has won the prestigious RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award twice and has had her books nominated four times. A University of Arizona alumnus, Cheyenne McCray has been writing ever since she can remember, back to her kindergarten days, when she penned her first poem. She began to pursue publication seriously after starting her first young adult novel in January 2000. For two years Cheyenne wrote primarily young adult paranormal fiction under a pseudonym. While she loved writing young adult fiction, she found herself wanting to explore adult relationships and started writing paranormal romance and romantic suspense, also branching out to suspense/thrillers and urban fantasy. She has written eleven novels and two novellas for St. Martin’s Press. In 2009 her thrilling new Lexi Steele suspense novels debuted with The First Sin. Then Demons Not Included kicked off her exciting urban fantasy Night Tracker series. Both series debuted to acclaim by readers and reviewers, and landed on multiple bestseller lists. Be sure to go to http://cheyennemccray.com to sign up for her private book announcement list and to get free, exclusive Cheyenne McCray goodies. Please feel free to e-mail her at [email protected]. She would love to hear from you.
LILITH SAINTCROW is the author of the Dante Valentine, Jill Kismet, and Strange Angels series. She currently resides in Vancouver, Washington, with her children, cats, and assorted other strays.
JEANNE C. STEIN is the bestselling author of the urban fantasy series the Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. Last April, her character, Anna Strong, received an RT Book Reviewers Choice Award for Best Urban Fantasy Protagonist. The sixth in the Anna Strong series, Chosen, will be released in August.
ELIZABETH A. VAUGHAN is the author of The Chronicles of the Warlands series, Dagger-Star, and Destiny’s Star . She still believes that the only good movies are the ones with gratuitous swords or lasers. Not to mention dragons. At the present, she is owned by two incredibly spoiled cats and lives in the Northwest Territory, on the outskirts of the Black Swamp, along Mad Anthony’s Trail on the banks of the Maumee River.
RACHEL VINCENT is the author of the urban fantasy series Shifters and the young adult Soul Screamers books. Rachel has a BA in English and an overactive imagination, and consistently finds the latter to be more practical. She shares her workspace with two black cats (Kaci and Nyx) and her number one fan. Rachel is older than she looks—seriously—and younger than she feels, but remains convinced that for every day she spends writing, one more day will be added to her lifespan.
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