Ace Atkins is an American author of crime fiction as well as a former journalist. Before publishing his first novel, Atkins worked as a crime reporter for The Tampa Tribune, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of the Nick Travers series, the Quinn Colson series and has taken over on the late Robert B. Parkerβs Spenser series. Atkins lives on a farm in Oxford, Mississippi with his family.
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Aaron Starmer is an American author of young adult novels. He is also a travel writer. Aaron earned his B.A. degree from Drew University and his M.A. from New York University. Having been raised outside of Syracuse, New York and lived in Hoboken, New Jersey for a long time, he now lives in a former schoolhouse in Vermont with his wife and daughter.
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A.B. Guthrie, Jr. (1901-1991) was an American novelist of western fiction in addition to being a screenwriter. Guthrie grew up reading, and tried to write fiction in high school. He went on to major in journalism and then started working at the Lexington Leader β a job he held for 22 years before he started writing fiction, which he started to do during his afternoons off. He wrote one series, the Sheriff Chick Charleston series. Guthrie was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the novel The Way West and was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay to the classic film Shane (based on Jack Schaeferβs novel).
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A.J. Finn is an American author best known for his breakout debut, The Woman in the Window. The book was a massive hit upon the time of its release and has been translated into many languages. The book has also been made into a film. A.J. Finn is actually a pen name for the author, Dan Mallory. Mallory was a long time book editor and worked in publishing for a decade. He mostly worked on mysteries and thrillers, with that being his chosen genre here. In addition to that, he wrote for numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Times Literary Supplement.
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A.S. King is an American author of young adult novels. When she began writing, her novels began earlier in a characterβs life and moved onto adulthood. She was unaware of the young adult market at the time. King was having trouble getting published, as it was difficult to categorize her work. When an editor asked her βsomething weird,β things came together and she ended up getting published. Her novels are not planned, but instead she starts with a character and develops them as she goes. King spent several years living in Ireland, where she and her husband renovated a farm and she worked in adult literacy.
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Abby Jimenez is an author and chef. She is best known as a writer for the Friend Zone series of books that began in 2019 with the first book in the series, The Friend Zone. That book was named by O, The Oprah Magazine as one of the Best Romance Novels of the year. Jimenez is the founder of Nadia Cakes. She started the business out of her kitchen in 2007, but it has since grown and she has gone on to win numerous Food Network competitions. Her writing got a large audience thanks to her viral comments on the now famous Nadia Cakes Vageodeβ’ cake. When she is not writing, she enjoys coffee, dogs, and not leaving her house.
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Abdi Nazemian is a screenwriter and author. He burst onto the scene as an author with his first book, The Walk-In Clost, which was awarded Best Debut at the Lambda Literary Awards. Before working on his novel, Nazemian was a successsful Hollywood screenwriter. He was a staff writer on NBCβs The Village and also wrote another of films that were produced including Menende: Blood Brothers for Lifetime Television. As a young man, his family traveled to a series of exciting locations like Paris, Toronto, New York, and Tehran; but Nazemian always preferred to read which would serve him well in his future careers.
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Adam Christopher is a New Zealand author of science fiction, fantasy, adventure and mystery novels. He writes the Spider Wars and the Raymond Electromatic series. Adam grew up watching Doctor Who (Pertwee-era) and listening to The Beatles. When not writing or spending time on social media, Adam enjoys drinking tea and obsessing over DC Comics, Stephen King, and The Cure. He lives in Northwest England with his wife.
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