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2. Mental Illness Memoirs
3. Latest release - The BPD Journals III: Stable Instability
4. I founded a mental health awareness organization, raising funds for local youth mental health services

my writing genre is memoir
my reading genres are crime thriller, true crime, memoir and supernatural.
No One To Save Me: A true story of child sexual abuse, abandonment, neglect and a mother’s betrayal. This is how I survived.
I am amazed I'm still alive and in good mental health

2. I love writing sci-fi, but have recently gotten into fantasy as far as reading goes.
3. I released my first book last month. It's a sci-fi/dystopian book for teens. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. My eyes are two different colors :)

2. Preferred writing genre is line-blurring speculative fiction (science fantasy, fantasy steampunk, etc.). Preferred reading genre is non-fiction science and engineering.
3. Most recently released book is Pixeldust, a quirky modern novel about video games that can't decide whether it wants to be fantasy or science fiction. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. An interesting fact about me is that I have a really hard time thinking of interesting facts about myself.

2. Fantasy
3. Ora and the Old God: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I like to collect antique occult books.

2. Writing atypical fantasy; reading fantasy, horror, historical m/m romance, science fiction
3. Octopus Song
4. I love all kinds of tea-like drinks (rooibos, herbal teas, fruit teas etc.) except actual tea

2. urban/paranormal fantasy, gaslamp fantasy, cozy mystery, whodunit, short horror stories, steampunk, science fantasy and LGBT+.
3. The Southern Magicks (Coming 12/1/21)
4. The isolated farm I was raised on was surrounded by the ruins of an abandoned mining town.

2. I don't have a genre preference for writing; I enjoy reading fantasy and sci-fi the most.
3. Just released my first foray into the erotic romance genre with Proof.
4. I'm working on becoming an editor through the University of Chicago with the intention to help indie writers get a better foothold with their novels before self publishing.

1) Todd Thorne
2) Writes dark sci-fi and fantasy; reads most any SFF though I'm especially drawn to cli-fi
3) Maelstrom Rising - my debut novel published in Dec 2020
4) In 2018 I got to dive the Great Barrier Reef before going on to visit Hobbiton


1) Cam Lang
2) Write and read mysteries, action/adventure, contemporary and non-fiction
3) The Concrete Vineyard - my debut novel published in Dec. 2020
4) I run marathons.

1) Noel Walker
2) I like to write almost every genre, but fantasy and scifi specifically!!
3) The Poet of the Heart was my poetry collection, and I have a YA scifi novel releasing later this year!
4) I tend to stress-bake.

I have written in psychodrama and science fiction.
My first novel was A Thing of Dark Imaginings.
To pay for college, I was a short order cook, a proofreader, a truck driver, and a smuggler. No, really.

2. Lit fic, chick fic, suspense
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I've lived in 11 states, some of them multiple times

1. Ndubichi Okezue
2. Poetry, crime fiction, thrillers and literary fiction
3. The latest published work? Please click here
4. I'm a jack of all trades, juggling the roles of a research scientist, a budding poet and an aspiring novelist

1. Beth Camp
2. Historical fiction, romantic suspense, poetry, occasional scific. Since pandemic, lots of escapist reading!
3. Latest published: Seventh Tapestry at Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. Love traveling anywhere w/hubby and computer for writing. Longest time on the road = 6 months through Europe/Middle East. Next trip (maybe) = month in Canada.

2. Fantasy for writing, almost anything else for reading (not big on Sci-fi, Christian, and Crime)
3. Fatherland, first installment of my new adult/adult fantasy series
4. I don't know if it's interesting; I am fluent in 3 different languages (Italian, French & English)

1. V. J. Timlin
2. Steampunk, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Prehistoric Crime Fiction
3. The Gadget - The Rondon Chronicles Book One: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. Was born and raised inside the Arctic Circle.

2. Fantasy
3. The Violet Mage (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...)
4. All animals seem to love me, but all plants seem to hate me

1. Vince
2. Contemporary Fiction
3 Friends in Low PlacesFriends in Low Places
4. Love beer, family, Chelsea FC, Dodgers and Sacramento Kings, not necessarily in that order

1. Name: Jessica Kuzmier (Jessica)
2. Preferred Writing Genre: mostly apocalyptic. Preferred Reading Genre: I eat books of all kind.
3. My latest book: Protocell 3: Dormancy
4. One Interesting Fact About Me: I lived in a van for a month and found that everyone was the same as each other but also a unique singularity that won't be repeated again.
1. Grace McKellen
2. Horror, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, psychological, time travel, supernatural
3. The Ska’in (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...)
4. I wanted to be a psychologist.
2. Horror, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, psychological, time travel, supernatural
3. The Ska’in (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...)
4. I wanted to be a psychologist.

2. I write mostly poetry and read mostly Contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
3. Latest release: From One Age to Another: Poems on ...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. For many years I worked in Graphic Art, then with special needs children.

2. Non Fiction - Memoir
3. The Measurement of Wealth https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I never dreamed of being an author. I only started writing last year when the pandemic closed my business. I am a Westerner living in Bali, Indonesia. My books are all about how I have found Life is Funnier than Fiction, especially in Bali.

2. fantasy and sci-fi
3. Cold Obsidian (fantasy novel): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I play the ocarina in my spare time. Some of my stories have their own ocarina songs.

non-fiction
almost done with first book
I lived in the largest Gypsy community in the world for 3 years.

2. Women's fiction, magical realism, historical fiction
3. My debut novel is coming soon
4. I recently made a career change so I can spend more time writing and I'm so glad!

2.] Science fiction, fantasy, horror - writing and reading
3.] LADY SILVER: Warlock Chronicles, Book 1 (debut novel)
4.] retired, semi-disabled, recluse-in-training, potty mouth from the depths of Hell, cute and fluffy

2. Fantasy
3. The King ( based on Conan by Robert E Howard and Viking Ragnar)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I'm INTJ like Ragnar Lodbrok

2) SciFi time travel to write; Political Thrillers, Fantasy, SciFi to read
3) Latest book - TIME PLAGUE - released July 2021
4) I retired from an IT career to hang out with my soulmate wife Martha, write time travel stories, and play bass in a classic rock band.

1. Rock Whitehouse (no, not a pen name, but yes, a nickname)
2. Writing - Science Fiction, Fleet/Space Opera/Near Future.
Reading - Biographies, relevant military history, religion.
3. Most Recent - 'Revolt at Zeta Doradus,' fourth (and last) book in the Preeminent War series, released 8/1/2021.
4. Graduated HS at 17 and never registered for The Draft.

2. Science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, others as they interest me.
3. Sundowners: Vampires are Only Human
4. Went to college to be a teacher (History, Social Studies, Elementary). Ended up in manufacturing and Masters.

2. I am a Business Mentoring & Coaching writer. I read mostly non fiction.
3. Joy Has Come Home is my latest book.
4. I work in Afghanistan, but my family is in South Africa,

2. I Write Medieval Fantasy
3. The Call of the Ancients
4. I appear in some of my books under a different name.

2. Love to write non fiction - self help. Love to read popular science and travel writing.
3. Your Most Recently Released Book How To Control Your Alcohol Consumption
4. I'm a major tennis fan and I attend as many tournaments, to watch, as possible including Wimbledon and the French Open.

2) I write fantasy, historical-romance (set in 1800s Philippines (because I'm from there)) that has elements of Filipino folklore)
3) Most recently released book Tails & Gentlemen
4) I'm a casual gamer and my favorite game series is Legend of Zelda

2. Comedy and Self-Help
3. I Love You More Than My Phone. Isn't That Enough? : A Survival Guide for 21st-Century Newlyweds https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I'm a comic performer, writer and social worker

2. Womens Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories
3. Three Coins https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. Traveloholic
1. Nadja Sturm
2. Fantasy, Young Adult, Poetry, Horror
3. "Storms in Mind" (Poetry Collection) Storms in Mindhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I am also a teacher.
2. Fantasy, Young Adult, Poetry, Horror
3. "Storms in Mind" (Poetry Collection) Storms in Mindhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I am also a teacher.

2. Fantasy, Science Fiction and Mystery.
3. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
4. Back here after seven years in the void. :D

2. Fantasy - Fantasy/Paranormal romance
3. Rise of the Elves - The Surpen King Part 2 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
4. I swear whenever I cook because I always make a mistake with the recipe.

Science Fiction | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
3 Fiction Series: St. Antoni the forbidden colony, Space Colony Journals and the Magi of Rulari. A new one in the works; the Outlawed Colonies. Non-Fiction Series: The Modern Artist's Handbook.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/dash...

2. Horror/Science Fiction/ Crime fiction
3 Demons Carnival The Further Adventures of Bibo the Clown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
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2. Mystery and Suspense; both reading and writing
3. The Bone Puzzle

4. For about twenty years, I was in surgery five days a week, watching Orthopaedic surgeons reconstruct people.

2 Historic fiction and a blog of walks, local history and anything else that takes my fancy
3 Most recent Land Fit For Heroes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
4 I’m way too curious for my own good
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2. Young Adult and fiction
3. Charm Wars, my first novel and also the first book in a four-book series, will be released in February 2021.
4. I like Medieval archery and make my own Medieval arrows.