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Karin Rita Gastreich

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http://www.goodreads.com/karin_gastreich

born

March 03, 1967

gender

female

website

http://eolynchronicles.blogspot.com

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Romance

member since

September 2011

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KARIN lives in Kansas City and Costa Rica. She is an ecologist and professor of biology at Avila University, and a recipient of the Spring 2011 Andrews Forest Writers Residency. The relationship between characters and their environment is a central theme of her work in fantasy fiction.

Her publications include the novel Eolyn, available from Hadley Rille Books in hardcover, paperback, Kindle and Nook formats. Her short stories have appeared in Zahir, Adventures for the Average Woman, 69 Flavors of Paranoia and A Visitor to Sandahl.

Together with Kim Vandervort and Terri-Lynne DeFino, she has started a new blog dedicated to the discussion of fantasy fiction, and especially women...more

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The Players on the Other Side: Some Thoughts on Villainy in Fiction

Please welcome this month's special guest blogger, Debra Doyle!Debra Doyle was born in Florida and educated in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania -- the last at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate in English literature, concentrating on Old English poetry. While living and studying in Philadelphia, she met and married James D. Macdonald, who was then serving... read more »

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Eolyn

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The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

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The Dovekeepers

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Karin Gastreich made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — GoT Season 2, Episode 8 topic "Traci wrote: "I thought the awkwardness of Robb and Talisa was sweet. It seemed less orchestrated than other love scenes from the show. They're really...more "
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Karin Gastreich made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — GoT Season 2, Episode 7 topic "Traci wrote: "Is it Tywin that [spoilers removed] He suspects something anyway." Yes, I think that was Tywin's idea. But of course, that plan doesn't co...more "
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Karin Gastreich made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — eBooks - It's On SALE! (If there's a sale on, let us know!) topic "Hadley Rille Books is celebrating Eolyn's birthday with a $0.99 sale on both the Kindle edition and the Nook edition of [image] . You can also regis...more "
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Karin Gastreich made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — Adventure. Magic. Betrayal. War. topic "Eolyn's birthday month has started, and in addition to celebrating with a Goodreads Giveaway on May 7 , Hadley Rille Books has lowered the price on th...more "
May 02, 2012 08:22am
Karin Gastreich made a comment in the group SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — GoT Season 2, Episode 5 topic "Didn't get a chance to see this until last night, so have been holding off on reading everyone's comments. I was actually pleased with episode 5; it w...more "
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