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Frances di Plino

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Frances di Plino (author of Bad Moon Rising) is the pseudonym of columnist, editor, non-fiction author and writing tutor, Lorraine Mace. Writing as Frances di Plino gives her the opportunity to allow the dark side of her personality to surface and take control.

As Lorraine Mace, she is a gentler creature, being humour columnist for Writing Magazine and a deputy editor of Words with JAM. She writes fiction for the women’s magazine market, features and photo-features for monthly glossy magazines and is a writing competition judge for Writers’ Forum.

Winner of a Petra Kenney International Poetry Award, she has won and been placed in numerous creative writing and poetry competitions. From the other side of the writing fence, she runs the internat...more

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When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to tell stories as soon as I was capable of sentient expression. Actually, even before sentient expression. My mum recalls me burbling on in my pram, talking to trees, cows and knitted rabbits. As a child, I used to direct performances starring my cousins; as a teenager, I wrote songs and poetry – thankfully all destroyed in the Gr... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.67 · 42 ratings · 28 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Bad Moon Rising 4.79 of 5 stars 4.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012	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
	Wish You Were (Not) Here 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	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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A Halloween Homicide (STAC Mysteries 3)

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To Kill a Stranger is Jack Devon’s debut. However, judging by the ending, this is intended to be the first in a series about Harry Sterling, former soldier and killer with a conscience. Whilst at rock bottom and sleeping rough, a former comrade in arm...more
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Frances Plino made a comment on Charlotte's review of Bad Moon Rising "Thank you for your most welcome review. I'm really pleased you enjoyed Bad Moon Rising."
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Frances Plino liked Charlotte's review of Bad Moon Rising: " Bad Moon Rising by Frances di Plino is a dark, psychological cop thriller which centres on the handsome and justice driven Detective Inspector Paolo Storey. As multiple women keep turning up dead, Paolo has to race to find the killer with the help... " Read more of this review »
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Frances Plino made a comment in the group The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — April / May 2013 Group Read: Six Years by Harlan Coben topic "I found the Myron Bolitar series difficult to get into at first, but by the end of the second book I was completely hooked."
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