Writing, reading (young adult, romance, urban fantasy, and mystery novels; Entertainment Weekly magazine; The New York Times; blogs), road trips, hiking, watching movies and good TV series
Music
I like a wide variety of music from rock (Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, Bon Jovi, HIM, The Rasmus, Apocolyptica, Breaking Benjamin) to pop (Lifehouse) to Celtic (Seven Nations, Enya, Clannad) to movie soundtracks (love them!).
Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean (all three), Lord of the Rings (all three), Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, Last of the Mohicans, the Harry Potter series, the Star Wars series, Spiderman (all three), 300, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Titanic, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Never Been Kissed
Television
Current: Supernatural, Smallville, Bones, Prison Break, LOST, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate: Atlantis, Survivor, Fringe, Sanctuary, Heroes, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Past: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Veronica Mars, Blood Ties, Moonlight, Road to Avonlea, Little House on the Prairie (from when I was a kid), Dark Angel, and The Young Riders.
Books
Harry Potter series, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak mystery series set in Alaska, Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon mystery series set in U.S. national parks, Colleen Gleason's Gardella Vampire Chronicles series, Stephanie Feagan's hilarious romantic mysteries, Rachel Caine's Weather Warden and Morganville Vampires series, fun young adult books by Stephie Davis, Meg Cabot's Mediator series, Bill Bryson's travelogues (He's an absolute hoot!), Libba Bray's young adult novels
Heroes
People who help others; JK Rowling because she has shown that no matter how bad things get in your life you can always turn them around through hard work and believing in yourself, and she's inspired a love of reading in a generation that might not have found that love otherwise; Joss Whedon for writing such fun, strong female characters
About me: I'm a writer and sold my first two young adult novels in July 2007. Heartbreak River, the first, should be out sometime in 2009 from Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Putnam. I also sold two romance novels to Harlequin American. The first is slated to hit bookstore shelves in September 2008.
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Who I'd like to meet: Realistically, the readers of my books. It'd be great fun to chat about the books and get to know the readers. In my dreams? Joss Whedon, JK Rowling, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, the members of Within Temptation, the members of Lacuna Coil, Ville Valo, Dana Stabenow, Stephenie Meyer, David Wenham, Bill Bryson, Gerard Butler, and Natalie Portman.
A killer’s obsession could destroy their second chance for love. Hello! I hope everyone is gearing up for a fun-filled and relaxing summer. I wanted to let you know that my romantic suspense, Obsession, is now available and I’m very excited to announce that it is currently #6 on Samhain Publishing’s bestseller list! Buy Link Do you need some reading material for the hot summer months? Then don’t miss out on a great contest that some of Samhain’s biggest and brightest authors put together. 50 books, 50 authors, 50 winners. You can enter the contest by clicking here. Have a great summer!
I'd like to invite you and all your friends to check out (and hopefully subscribe to) my blog concerning the launch of my new novel, Child Finder. My book has already received some great reviews before its official release on June 9th. It is a mystery/suspense thriller -- and is only the first in a trilogy I am contracted to write.
Click here to access my blog where I will post information about the book's availability as well as signing events. Also, be sure to check out my novel's website (www.childfinder.us) for more detailed information about the story, my background, and publication schedules.
Nice to cyber-meet you, oh fellow Joss Whedon fan. It's great to connect with another writer!
At the website for my upcoming novel -- www.howtobuyaloveofreading.com -- I'm inviting submissions of stories about how reading changed people's lives in some way. I'd love it if, as an author, you added your voice.
And if you have a few minutes, I'm hoping the trailer below will make you laugh:
