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A young woman disappears while camping.

A young woman disappears while camping.

Hard at work on my next book—a mystery/suspense novel set in a small coastal town in the Pacific Northwest. A young woman disappears while camping. When her body is found on a nearby beach, some residents suspect foul play at the hands of a vampire enthusiast. The...

Author Interview: Eric Bernt

Author Interview: Eric Bernt

Eric Bernt attended Northwestern University, where he learned that journalism was not for him—but storytelling was. Upon graduation, he moved to Hollywood, where he wrote seven feature films including Virtuosity (starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe)...

Author Interview: Christina McDonald

Author Interview: Christina McDonald

Christina McDonald is an author, bookworm, and a devoted mother and wife. She was born in Seattle, Washington and now lives in London, England with her husband and two sons, where she enjoys reading, writing, hiking and going to the gym. Her second novel, The Night...

Genre Swap and Soda Confusion

Genre Swap and Soda Confusion

Ah, the glory days. High school. If you weren’t stressing over whether you’d get accepted by your dream college, you were imagining what it would be like to make out with that person you knew you had zero chance of kissing (and if you did—be honest—it never was as...

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Dark Sky Falling

1. How much research did you have to do about Russia and Chechnya? A lot! While I only used a small percentage of what I learned, I hope it gave the book a more authentic feel. I probably read hundreds of articles about the recent history of Chechnya, the people,...