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Danielle Ackley-McPhail

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy, Cookbooks

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Award-winning author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with husband Mike McPhail and friend Greg Schauer to form her own publishing house, eSpec Books (www.especbooks.com).

Her published works include six novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today’s Promise, The Halfling’s Court, The Redcaps’ Queen, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, Between Darkness and Light, and the non-fiction writers’ guide, The Literary Handyman, and is the senior editor of th ...more

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	Bad Ass Faeries by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor) 3.92 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn: A Steampunk Faerie Tale by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Day Al-Mohamed (Goodreads Author) , Ed Coutts (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Gaslight & Grimm: Steampunk Faerie Tales by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Diana Bastine (Editor) , James Chambers (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Just Plain Bad by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Lee C. Hillman (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2008 — 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 Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale (Bad-Ass Faerie Tales, #1) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Linda Saboe (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Dragon's Lure by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C.E. Murphy (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) , Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	In All Their Glory (Bad-Ass Faeries, #3) by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeffrey Lyman (Editor) , L. Jagi Lamplighter (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010 — 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 Literary Handyman: Tips on Writing From Someone Who's Been there by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author), Ty Drago (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Yesterday's Dreams (The Eternal Cycle #1) 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2001 — 10 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 Side of Good / The Side of Evil by Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Greg Schauer (Editor) , James M. Ward (Contributor) 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015	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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Bad-Ass Faeries (5 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Keith R.A. DeCandido (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

Jody Lynn Nye (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

John Passarella (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

D.L. Thurston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

N.R. Brown (Contributor)

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The Eternal Cycle (4 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author)

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The Bad-Ass Faerie Tale Series (3 books)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author),

Ed Coutts (Illustrator)

4.25 avg rating — 69 ratings

RealmScapes (1 book)
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail (Goodreads Author) (Editor),

Wayne Thomas Batson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

Kerry Nietz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor)

4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings

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Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

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Description: An excerpt from the upcoming novel by Danielle Ackley-McPhail and Day Al-Mohamed

An Excerpt from the Long-Awaited Sequel to Yesterday's Dreams (Science Fiction & Fantasy)

1 chapters — updated Mar 29, 2010 04:36PM

Description: The prelude to Danielle Ackley-McPhail's newest novel, Tomorrow's Memories, book two in the Eternal Cycle Series

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Danielle rated a book it was amazing Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5; Mercy Thompson World - Complete, #15) by Patricia Briggs	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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There are some very cool concepts here integrating historic fantasy, steampunk, and myth and legend. It was just a little hard to get into at first, but once I was engaged, I was fully engaged. Somethings were set up very well, but occasionally there ...more
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