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Melissa Eskue Ousley

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Born

in Willcox, AZ, The United States

Website

http://melissaeskueousley.com/

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Genre

Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal

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Stephen King, Terry Brooks ...more

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May 2013

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Melissa Eskue Ousley is an award-winning author living on the Oregon coast with her family, a neurotic dog, a charming cat, and a piranha. Her dark fantasy, Constellations of Scars, won a 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award. Her suspense novel, Pitcher Plant, won a 2018 Independent Publisher Book Award. Her young adult novel, Sunset Empire, debuted in a bestselling boxed set. Her short stories have been included in Rain Magazine, The North Coast Squid, and various anthologies. When she’s not writing, she can be found volunteering for her local wildlife center, caring for injured owls and hawks.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 514 ratings · 205 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Constellations of Scars 3.31 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Sign of the Throne (The Solas Beir Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Rabbit and the Raven (The Solas Beir Trilogy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Sower Comes (The Solas Beir Trilogy, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Masks by M. Dalto (Goodreads Author), Myra Fiacco, Marlena Frank (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 27 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
	Pitcher Plant: A Pacific Northwest Suspense 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Sunset Empire 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — 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 Rabbit and the Raven: Book Two in the Solas Beir Trilogy by Melissa Eskue Ousley (Goodreads Author), Aaron Cheney (Illustrator), Laura Meehan (Editor) 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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	The Sower Comes: Book Three in the Solas Beir Trilogy by Melissa Eskue Ousley (Goodreads Author), Laura Meehan (Editor), C. E. Moore (Editor) 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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Congratulations giveaway winners!

Congratulations to the 20 Goodreads giveaway winners who won a signed copy of The Sower Comes, book 3 in the Solas Beir Trilogy! I'm packing your books today and will ship them out tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who entered.

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Published on November 26, 2017 13:39 • Tags: fantasy, giveaway, new-contest, winner, young-adult

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Series by Melissa Eskue Ousley

The Solas Beir Trilogy (3 books)
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Melissa Eskue Ousley (Goodreads Author)

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“You used to scream so well when you were scared, back when I lived under your bed.”
― Melissa Eskue Ousley, The Rabbit and the Raven

tags: adventure, fantasy, paranormal, romance, teen, young-adult

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“He knew what the thing was going to do next. It was going to climb the hood slowly, toying with them before crushing in the windshield and eating them all alive.”
― Melissa Eskue Ousley, Sign of the Throne

tags: fantasy, paranormal, young-adult

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Melissa’s Quotes

“If you think anyone is sane you just don't know enough about them.”
― Christopher Moore, Practical Demonkeeping

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination

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“Use your head; cut off theirs.”
― Max Brooks, Zombie Survival Guide, The: Complete Protection From The Living Dead

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