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Palmer has been writing fiction since she was eight. She received her BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University, with concentrations in Religion and Race Relations.

She currently works in Silicon Valley in the gaming industry and high tech. In addition, Palmer holds a certificate in Chinese Acupressure, is a certified solar panel installer, and studied Tibetan Buddhism with the 14th Dalai Lama.

She lives and writes in the magical redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

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	Moon Deeds (Star Children Saga, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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	Light Fighters (Star Children Saga #2) 4.51 avg rating — 81 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Swamp (Tales of Temerity #2) 4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Swamp: Level Two of Dragon's Crawl (Tales of Temerity, Book 2) by Palmer Pickering (Goodreads Author), Lindsey Dorcus (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Light Fighters by Palmer Pickering is a speculative dystopian science fiction space opera and the second book in the Star Children Saga, preceded by the award-winning first book in the series, Moon Deeds. The series revolves around multiple point of view characters but the central plot follows twins Cassidy and Torr after Earth was aggressively colonized Read more of this blog post »

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Star Children Saga (2 books)
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Tales of Temerity (2 books)
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He Who Fights With Monsters, Book 4: Home

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Palmer Pickering and 16 other people liked a Goodreads News & Interviews post: Readers’ #1 Request: Half and Quarter-Star Ratings Are Here “ We’re updating Goodreads’ rating system based on years of reader feedback: half (and quarter!) stars are now live. We know that ratings matter to authors and publishers. They influence how readers discover your books and how you understand y...” Read more of this blog post »
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Palmer Pickering liked Lisa Woods's review of Dark Town (Tales of Temerity, #1): "I was so excited to dive in to Dark Town as I do enjoy playing RPGs but it was my first time reading a LitRPG. I was curious to see how it would work as a novel, whether I would feel a similar level of excitement as I do when I game. I am so happy to" Read more of this review »
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Palmer Pickering and 1 other person liked Chad's review of The Swamp (Tales of Temerity #2): "After chatting briefly with the author I was reminded the second installment to this series was out in the wilds now. Even though I've been struggling with my reads for almost the last year now, especially stories fantasy related I figured I'd give t" Read more of this review »
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Palmer Pickering liked E.L. Montague's review of The Swamp (Tales of Temerity, #2): "I really like Temerity. RPG isn't my go to, but dang it, I have fun in the Dragon's Game. Pickering does a masterful job of creating an interesting world to torment her characters. She's done an admirable job of creating a little found family crew to" Read more of this review »
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Palmer Pickering made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add new series topic " Hi Librarian, Please add a new series for my books. There are two books in the series so far. Series Name: "Tales of Temerity" Books are : "Dark Town" (f ...more "
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I loved this book. It’s eminently bingeable. I listened on audiobook, narrated by Heath Miller. “He Who Fights With Monsters” is a thoroughly enjoyable Fantasy LitRPG. I was previously not a huge fan of all the stats and interfaces in a lot of LitRPG, ...more
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“My gran told me never to follow sparkly lights into the swamp,” Keenan said warily. “They lead to your death.”
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