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Sharon Buchbinder

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I have always been a story-teller. As a child, I got into a lot of trouble for "making things up." Now, I get rewarded for making things up. I love being able create heroes and heroines that people can relate to--even crazy cat ladies, as I did with CATASTROPHE, my first publication with The Wild Rose Press (WRP). I've been writing fiction since I was in middle school and have the rejection slips to prove it. In high school, I even submitted a script to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on yellow-lined paper in pencil. Not surprisingly, that was rejected, too.

After I graduated with a BA in Psychology and no job, I realized my dreams of working in the attic writing great prose would have to take a back seat to the simple pleasures of eating, drinkin...more I have always been a story-teller. As a child, I got into a lot of trouble for "making things up." Now, I get rewarded for making things up. I love being able create heroes and heroines that people can relate to--even crazy cat ladies, as I did with CATASTROPHE, my first publication with The Wild Rose Press (WRP). I've been writing fiction since I was in middle school and have the rejection slips to prove it. In high school, I even submitted a script to "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on yellow-lined paper in pencil. Not surprisingly, that was rejected, too.

After I graduated with a BA in Psychology and no job, I realized my dreams of working in the attic writing great prose would have to take a back seat to the simple pleasures of eating, drinking, and having a roof over my head. Fast forward a few decades, and I had a career path that would make all but the kindest say, "What were you thinking?" After working in health care delivery for years, I became a researcher, then an academic. I had it all-- a terrific, supportive husband, an amazing son, and a wonderful job. But that itch to write (some call it obsession), kept beckoning me to "come on back" to writing fiction. In the summer of 2004, I spent one whole month away from Baltimore in Florida doing nothing but writing fiction. The resulting effort was the first of many drafts of my first novel, which is now hidden away in a deep, dark drawer. The good news is that first novel taught me what not to do, and my second novel was so much better--because I had made all those mistakes in the first one.

As an academic, I published numerous non-fiction articles and two textbooks, INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT and CAREER OPPORTUNITIES in HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE FIELD. However, I found the road to publication in fiction to be much harder. After I published some short stories in horror and mystery, my friend, Rosemary Ellen Guiley http://www.visionaryliving.com/ recommended that I should join the Maryland Romance Writers (MRW)http://www.marylandromancewriters.org... I joined in 2005 and found friendship, support and the opportunity to develop as an author with MRW and the Romance Writers of America(RWA)http://www.rwanational.org. Since romance has over a dozen sub-genres, I was able to turn my fascination with horror and mystery into paranormal romance and romantic suspense. I was home.

The themes of most of my fictional works revolve around journeys of discovery of one's true self and how family and love fits into one's identity. In BONDED FOR LIFE, Lola Getz is a famous Mexican artist (I am fascinated by Spanish and Latin cultures), blissfully oblivious to the drug cartel wars all around her--until they blow up literally in her backyard. She escapes to the safest little town in the world--Summerville. Instead of being cocooned, she finds herself confronted by some things about her family and has to decide what that means to her and her future.

In KISS OF THE SILVER WOLF, Charlene Johnson is a rational scientist suddenly confronted with family secrets that defy her logical world. When she journeys to Eden, Kentucky, she discovers a family and a lover who live at the boundaries of science, magic, and religion. She is forced to make a life and death choice between who she believes she is and accepting who she really is.

I hope I keep my promise to you as an author of both nonfiction and fiction and that my fictional works entertain you, move you to laughter, anxiety, suspense, tears and the sigh of a satisfying ending. Thank you for reading my work.

Happy Reading!

Sharon Buchbinder
www.sharonbuchbinder.com
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	Kiss of the Silver Wolf 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desire and Deception 4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Other Child by Sharon Buchbinder (Goodreads Author), Wicked Muse Productions (Editor, Cover Artist) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Inn Decent Proposal 4.58 of 5 stars 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killer Kisses 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bonded For Life 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obsession 4.83 of 5 stars 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake Placid Cure 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pigmalion 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Career Opportunities in Health Care Management: Perspectives from the Field by Sharon Buchbinder (Goodreads Author), Jon M. Thompson 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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