Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists –even in London– and have been published in 14 countries and 13 different languages.

Her awards range from the Ellery Queen Readers Choice Award to the John W. Campbell Award. In the past year, she has been nominated for the Hugo, the Shamus, and the Anthony Award. She is the only person in the history of the science fiction field to have won a Hugo award for editing and a Hugo award for fiction.

In addition, she's written a number of nonfiction articles over the years, with her latest
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Free Fiction Monday: Scheduling Conflict

The woman who calls Police Detective Riley Scott possesses a voice he finds incredibly sexy. She wants him to arrest her for robbing the National Bank And Trust.

Just one problem: No one has robbed that bank in more than a decade. Detective Scott writes it off as a crank call until he gets another one. And another.

Detective Scott thinks she might be crazy. But he wants more than anything

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“Perhaps true faith is a form of insanity.”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Sacrifice

“Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboard if possible, in the middle of a sentence.”
Kristine Kathryn Rusch

“Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?”
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