Alison Kent

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born

August 31, 1958

gender

female

website

http://www.alisonkent.com/

genre

Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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I often read of or hear about authors who knew they were meant to tell stories from the time they left the crib. Me? I didn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was thirty years old - and then sold my first book at thirty-four. Still, it was obvious that I always knew I was going places.

Like so many other authors, I was a voracious reader from day one, devouring everything from Nancy Drew to My Friend Flicka, which I remember sitting hovered over the heater vent in the kitchen floor to read while my father made his coffee.

I moved on to my mother's Phyllis Whitney, Dorothy Eden, and Mary Stewart gothics before discovering my first true romances written by Lucy Walker and set in the Australian Outback. And then, at last, when I...more

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Alison Kent's Blog

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Evaluating Your First Page

Evaluating Your First Page
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I can’t even tell you how much I love this PowerPoint slide show about book beginnings. Let me count the ways:

1) Common 1st Page Troubles: Backstory, Info Dump, Character Dump

2) Biggest Bad Advice: Start with “action”

3) Action But No Character: Offers an action scene for the sake of excitement, but without any connection to the...

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Books by Alison Kent

Average rating: 3.73 · 3,410 ratings · 418 reviews · 74 distinct works

	The Bane Affair (Smithson Group SG-5, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Shaughnessey Accord (Smithson Group SG-5, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Samms Agenda (Smithson Group SG-5, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Beach Alibi (Smithson Group SG-5, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	With Extreme Pleasure 3.43 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Deep Breath (Smithson Group SG-5, #7) 3.71 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The McKenzie Artifact (Smithson Group SG-5, #5) 3.84 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Larger Than Life (Smithson Group SG-5, #6) 3.81 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Beyond a Shadow (Smithson Group SG-5, #8) 3.73 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Perfect Stranger (Smithson Group SG-5, #9) 3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Alison Kent

Smithson Group SG-5 (10 books)
by Alison Kent

3.75 avg rating — 852 ratings

www.gIRL-gEAR (6 books)
by Alison Kent

3.64 avg rating — 247 ratings

The Dalton Gang Series (2 books)
by Alison Kent

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings

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Quotes by Alison Kent

“And so because he was half bastard, half gentleman, he asked for her bra”
― Alison Kent, The Samms Agenda

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“She wanted to be his candle, to light the darkness in his soul, to burn in the window and show him the way home. She wanted to be his rain, a sweet storm of the senses. She wanted to be his warmth, a solace for his soul.”
― Alison Kent, Love Me Tender

tags: love

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“No one made cars like this anymore. She could suck a gas pump dry and empty a man's wallet without ever coming up for air. Hard to resist a beauty with that combo of skills - especially when she made him feel so damn good while it happend.”
― Alison Kent, Deep Breath

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