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Victor DiGenti

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born

Lawrence, MA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.windrusher.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult

member since

March 2011

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Florida author Victor DiGenti has published Matanzas Bay, the first in a series of Quint Mitchell Mysteries under the pen name of Parker Francis. Readers know DiGenti from his award-winning Windrusher trilogy, an adventure/fantasy series with a feline protagonist. As an unpublished manuscript, Matanzas Bay won the 2007 Josiah W. Bancroft Sr. Award, and was named a Book of the Year in the 2009 Royal Palm Literary Awards Competition. He’s a frequent speaker at book festivals and conferences, as well as leading workshops on the craft of writing at the University of North Florida. Matanzas Bay is currently available for Kindle and as a Nookbook, as well as a trade paperback.

After thirty-five years in public broadcasting working as a producer,...more

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It's a Violent World Out There

There's a fine line I try to walk as a writer of mysteries. My goal is to create a compelling story filled with ever-rising tension and conflict as background for a cast of memorable characters. Together the characters and plot should jump off the page and form an adhesive bond with the readers. Like most writers, it's hard to be objective about our own work, but we usually know when the story... read more »

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Books by Victor DiGenti

Average rating: 4.33 · 27 ratings · 6 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Windrusher 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Windrusher and the Trail of Fire 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Windrusher and the Cave of Tho-hoth 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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The Flamingo Rising (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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Victor DiGenti gave to: A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin read in March, 2012	My rating:
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Victor DiGenti added: Simple Genius (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #3) by David Baldacci	My rating:
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Victor DiGenti said "yes" to attending the event: Author Talk date: November 12, 2011 12:02PM location: Bartram Trail Library, 60 Davis Pond B;vd., Saint Johns, FL, The United States description: How St. Augustine's storied past, politics, civil rights struggles and archaeology all converge in Parker Francis' award-winning mystery, Matanzas Bay.
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Victor DiGenti gave to: The Siege (Alan Gregory, #17) by Stephen White	My rating:
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