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Courtney Alameda

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A veteran bookseller and librarian, Courtney Alameda now spends her days writing thriller and horror novels for young people. Her debut novel, SHUTTER, was nominated for a Bram Stoker award and hailed as a "standout in the genre" by School Library Journal. Her forthcoming novel, PITCH DARK (Spring 2017), is a genre-blending science fiction/horror novel in the vein of Ridley Scott's 1979 film ALIEN.

Courtney holds a B.A. in English literature with an emphasis in creative writing. She is represented by the talented John M. Cusick of Folio Literary. A Northern California native, she now resides in Utah with her husband, a legion of books, and a tiny five pound cat with a giant personality. ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 6,953 ratings · 1,691 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shutter 3.77 avg rating — 2,896 ratings — published 2015 — 14 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
	Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author), Valynne E. Maetani (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 2,036 ratings — published 2020 — 12 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
	Don't Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Micol Ostow (Goodreads Author), Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 2020 — 8 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
	Pitch Dark 3.87 avg rating — 1,049 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories 4.04 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Trigger 3.67 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Sisters of Sorrow by Kurt Sutter, Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author), Hyeonjin Kim (Illustrator) 3.26 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Sisters of Sorrow #1 by Kurt Sutter, Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author), Hyeonjin Kim (Illustrator) 3.38 avg rating — 61 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
	Diablo: Tales from the Horadric Library by Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author), Delilah S. Dawson (Goodreads Author), Brian Evenson 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Maetani Alameda Teen Novel #2 by Courtney Alameda (Goodreads Author), Valynne E. Maetani (Goodreads Author) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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“Bloodlines and last names didn't make a man extraordinary — the extraordinary existed in what we did in life, not in who we were.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

tags: bloodlines, extraordinary, family, heritage, legacy, life

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“We are not defined by our lack of fear—Dad had said, smiling as Ethan let our four-year-old brother tackle him—but rather by what we choose to do when facing the nightmare.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

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“We are not defined by our lack of fear but rather by what we choose to do when facing the nightmare.”
― Courtney Alameda, Shutter

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April 2018 - SciFi

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan, 526p

10 votes, 34.5%

Unearthed by Amie Kaufman, 384p

9 votes, 31.0%

Terminal Alliance by Jim C. Hines, 358p

7 votes, 24.1%

Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda, 384p

3 votes, 10.3%

29 total votes

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