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Gwenda Bond

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Young Adult, Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Gwenda Bond is the author of many novels, primarily for young adults. Among others, they include the Lois Lane trilogy, which brings the iconic comic book character front and center in her own YA novels, and the Cirque American trilogy, about daredevil heroines who discover magic and mystery lurking under the big top. She and her husband author Christopher Rowe also co-write a middle grade series, the Supernormal Sleuthing Service. Her first mystery project for adults, Dead Air, a novel and podcast written with Carrie Ryan and Rachel Caine, is out now, and in 2019 she’ll release a Stranger Things prequel. She co-hosts the weekly podcast Cult Faves.

Her nonfiction writing has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Locus Magazine, Salon, the Los Angel ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 18,533 ratings · 3,447 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	Girl on a Wire (Cirque American #1) 3.64 avg rating — 5,055 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Fallout (Lois Lane, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,733 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Double Down (Lois Lane, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 944 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	Blackwood 3.42 avg rating — 1,066 ratings — published 2012 — 13 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
	Girl in the Shadows (Cirque American #2) 3.51 avg rating — 675 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	Triple Threat (Lois Lane, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Suspicious Minds (Stranger Things, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 2019 — 17 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 Woken Gods 3.44 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction 3.74 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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 Lost Legacy (The Supernormal Sleuthing Service, #1) by Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author), Christopher Rowe (Goodreads Author) , Glenn Thomas (Illustrations) 3.90 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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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Emerald City Comic-Con Schedule!

It has been a wild month since I last wrote you guys — Suspicious Minds hit the New York Times’ bestseller list (!!!), I went to France to launch the book there (tres bien and I love everyone at Lumen, my publisher there), and now…Seattle! If you’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con, come see me? Here’s where I’ll be:

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Series by Gwenda Bond

Cirque American (2 books)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author)

3.63 avg rating — 5,730 ratings

Lois Lane (3 books)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author)

3.99 avg rating — 4,657 ratings

Stranger Things (1 book)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author)

3.54 avg rating — 645 ratings

The Supernormal Sleuthing Service (2 books)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author),

Christopher Rowe (Goodreads Author)

3.92 avg rating — 240 ratings

Cirque American Graphic Novel (1 book)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author)

3.44 avg rating — 214 ratings

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Gwenda Bond rated a book it was amazing Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman (Goodreads Author)	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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Quotes by Gwenda Bond

“I was many things, but I wasn't a quitter. I didn't give up, and I wasn't going to start.”
― Gwenda Bond, Fallout

tags: comics, dc-comics, fallout, giving-up, lois-lane, reporter, resiliency, superman

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“I hate it when people add “woman” to make an achievement seem smaller than it is. She was one of the best wire walkers ever. Period.”
― Gwenda Bond, Girl on a Wire

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“The problem with having friends was that you might lose them. Or they might get hurt.”
― Gwenda Bond, Fallout

tags: angst, comics, dc-comics, fallout, friends, friendship, lois-lane, losing-friends

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Gwenda’s Quotes

“Go fuck yourself," I replied, always the lady. "I'm staying here.”
― Ava Gardner, Ava: My Story

tags: ava-gardner, fighting, frank-sinatra, humor

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“A few insect skeletons lay scattered on the narrow sill, shiny and precise and sad as broken jewelry.”
― Ed Park, Personal Days

tags: evocative

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“All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing to actually write.”
― Fran Lebowitz

tags: writers, writing

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“There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.”
― Christopher Morley, Pipefuls

tags: bibliophilia, books

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