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Eileen Maksym

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in Carbondale, IL, The United States

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Horror, Paranormal, Young Adult

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Hi, I'm Eileen! I write in a variety of genres, but my favorites are paranormal, horror, science fiction, and urban fantasy. My first novel, Haunted, came out this past spring! I'm also a submissions editor for Apex Magazine.

I currently live in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while my husband, an astrophysicist, does a post-doc at the University of Alabama. Before moving here, my sports love was baseball (GO RED SOX!) However, since football is the lingua franca around here, I started watching the team, and now I'm hooked. Roll Tide!!!

I have two children: Kolbe, who is nine, and Josie, who is seven. They're wonderful and exasperating and surprise me every day!

When I'm not writing, I can often be found fangirling online about my current pop culture obs ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 37 ratings · 23 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Haunted 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Apex Magazine Issue 91 by Jason Sizemore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lavie Tidhar, K.T. Bryski (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016	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
	Subject Verb Object: An Anthology of New Writing by Dane Cobain (Goodreads Author) (Editor And Contributor), Pam Elise Harris (Goodreads Author) (Editor And Contributor), Chris Gower 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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

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