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Ann Mauren

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born

Louisville, Kentucky, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.MayneAttraction.com

twitter username

AnnMauren

genre

Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Humor

influences

Bill Bryson, Jane Austen, Gary Larson

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June 2010

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Ann Mauren splits her time between multiple career paths—not multiple personalities as some have alleged. As Marketing Coordinator for one of the nation’s largest foodservice distributors, she enjoys opportunities to access her inner copywriter and the challenge of creating tantalizing pitches for sometimes pitch resistant items like Gluten Free Fish Sticks, Coffee Thickener and Pureed Spinach, to mention a few.

As Director of Domestic Affairs for her family, she maintains its facilities and supply levels, runs the foodservice operation, ensures availability of ready to wear apparel, and provides tutoring, life coaching and personal hygiene assistance to the two shortest members of the team.

In her spare time Ann Mauren writes fiction for mos...more

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Barefoot Heroine: A Mayne Attraction Short Story

I'm excited to announce the release of a new 6,000 word short story called Barefoot Heroine. This two part narrative provides a glimpse into the secret life of Ellery Mayne from the perspective of Ash Ryan, a member of the security team assigned to monitor and protect her.
The first part of the story takes place in the early days of Ash's assignment before Ellery realizes that she's under surve... read more »

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Books by Ann Mauren

Average rating: 3.69 · 193 ratings · 52 reviews · 5 distinct works

	In the Spotlight (Mayne Attraction, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Barefoot Heroine 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	In the Smoke (Mayne Attraction, #2) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Barefoot Heroine: A Mayne Attraction Short Story 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	In the Shadow (Mayne Attraction, #3) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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