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Gwenda Bond

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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: 3.71 · 25,489 ratings · 4,345 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fallout (Lois Lane, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 2,926 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
	Girl on a Wire (Cirque American, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 5,307 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
	Suspicious Minds (Stranger Things #1) 3.61 avg rating — 5,706 ratings — published 2019 — 40 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) 4.13 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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) 3.53 avg rating — 777 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 — 1,112 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
	Triple Threat (Lois Lane, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 614 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
	The Lost Legacy (The Supernormal Sleuthing Service, #1) by Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author), Christopher Rowe (Goodreads Author), Glenn Thomas (Illustrations) 3.91 avg rating — 235 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
	Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction 3.75 avg rating — 262 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
	A Real Work of Art 3.92 avg rating — 210 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

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Extra! Extra! A little Lois & Clark extra to benefit #Creators4Comics

Hello! You may have seen and/or contributed to the #Creators4Comics auction that war-time general Kami Garcia recruited me, Sam Humphries, Brian Michael Bendis, and Phil Jimenez to run, benefitting the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which is providing direct aid to comic shops and independent bookstores and their employees who’ve been hit hard by COVID-19. It was successful beyond our wildes

Series by Gwenda Bond

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

3.63 avg rating — 6,084 ratings

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

3.99 avg rating — 5,067 ratings

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

Christopher Rowe (Goodreads Author)

3.92 avg rating — 293 ratings

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

3.45 avg rating — 238 ratings

Dead Air (2 books)
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Gwenda Bond (Goodreads Author),

Rachel Caine (Goodreads Author),

Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author)

3.62 avg rating — 186 ratings

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Gwenda Bond answered Nicole (inmycozynook)'s question: Is there going to be an ARC for Strange Alchemy? The synopses of the book sounds very intriguing and that cover...OMG!! There is! It's up on Netgalley for request right now!
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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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“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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“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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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

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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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