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Elaine Bergstrom

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(Marie Kiraly)

Bergstrom was born in Cleveland and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Her first published piece of fiction was her first novel, Shattered Glass (1989). It introduced the character of the immortal Stephen Austra and artist Helen Wells, a victim of polio, along with Steffen's family of hereditary vampires. The novel was a critical success, a consistent favorite with readers of adult-oriented vampire fiction. Bergstrom has written six novels in the Austra series, including Daughter of the Night, which featured Elizabeth Bathory as a half-breed Austra vampire. Beyond Sundown, the newest book in the Austra series, released early in 2011. All are available on Amazon kindle or through the author's website www.elainebergstrom.com

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Pleased to say my New Orleans ghost story is ready for a generation of e-readers. Here’s the new cover, and an excerpt from the novel. It will be available onthe Amazon sitefor a free download May 31 to June 2. Pass it on … particularly to those who love New Orleans and paranormal thrillers.


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Hailey Martin sat at her computer and flexed her fingers before spreading th...

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Average rating: 3.48 · 1,474 ratings · 81 reviews · 17 distinct works
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Nocturne (Austra Family, #5)
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Blood Rites (Austra Family,...
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Blood Alone (Austra Family,...
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Daughter of the Night (Aust...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
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Blood to Blood (Dracula Con...
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The Door through Washington...
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1998
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Beyond Sundown
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Sometimes I really regret my habit of reading in bed ... both night and morning ... as I sometimes miss important facts. But The Stolen Child was perfect, because though the story of a changeling and the boy whose place he took, trying to make sense...more
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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Having read all three books in this series, I can only say Thank You! to the author for this dark, cynical and wonderful YA series. She says so much so succinctly and beautifully. If more than a few younguns start thinking "my country when it's right...more
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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This book is incredible! Bravo to Suzanne Collins for taking the subject of politicians only interested in keeping in power, climate change, revolution and freedom, adding an unforgettable heroine and packaging it in a dystopian novel aimed at teen r...more
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Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes
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Ever wonder why that diet you tried didn't work, or why exercise doesn't work or why some people can eat anything and stay thin while others just taste the frosting and put on three pounds? Taubes explains in simple terms why we have such an obesity...more
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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So many mixed emotions. It seems as if Safran wants to hold the reader at arm's length, much as 9-year-old Oscar holds the world. Often, I had no idea who was speaking, or even what was being said. But the incredible poetry, and the tragedy, of this...more
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The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell
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This book just happened to fall into my hands and, for all the hype about The Man from Beijing, this seemed so much better. Having researched life in Eastern Europe for Nocturne, I found Mandell's own view of the newly created republics, here Latvia,...more
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A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
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Every major character Martin left out of his last book in this series appears in Dragons, making this the best volume of the series so far. That being said, this is not a book -- or a series -- for everyone. Being name-impared (I actually have to kee...more
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A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
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Imagine the Tolkien novel The Two Towers without Frodo or Sam or Aragorn. That's similar to what happens in the tedious A Feast for Crows. Outside of a few bright spots, Crows is name upon meaningless name and then -- voila! -- it ends with such an u...more
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Elaine Bergstrom Sorry, I am new to this. It was supposed to be linked to my shelf.


Elaine Bergstrom What I have decided on my list is to just add books that have touched me in a special way and this is one of them. A brilliant book that is far beyond Lamb's novel She's Come Undone. Sadly it is also far far better than the next, The Hour I First Believed. Here, a man researches his recent origins, trying to find from the secrets of his family his own fears about reaching out to others. Sounds boring, maybe, but with a schizophrenic brother and a grandfather who is an egotistical piece of work, it is filled with humor and insight. My favorite book in years!


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