Like most writers, I was born with an avid love for reading. Growing up in a
small town in the Midwest, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a book in
my hand or wasn’t dreaming up wild stories in my head. And when I stepped into
my local library for the first time I thought it was paradise. There were so
many books on the shelves I didn’t know where to start!
Still, I didn’t plan to grow up and become a writer. I was much more
interested in a glorious career as an actress on Broadway.
I followed my dream by acquiring a degree in theatre and performing for
several years in summer-stock productions, but after I married my college
sweetheart I decided to put the career on hold while we started a family. After
the arrival of my two sons, Chance and Alex, I found myself seeking a new
creative outlet and decided to turn my occasional scribblings into a genuine
effort to get published.
I’d like to say that I was an overnight success, but the truth is that it
took years before I finally got ‘the call’. The rejections were painful, but now
I’m relieved. All those manuscripts that I thought were the next Great American
Novel are now exactly where they belong…gathering dust under my bed.
They did, however, help me learn my craft, and just as importantly, they gave
me the opportunity to enjoy writing in a wide variety of genres as I searched
for my voice. Which no doubt explains why I started writing traditional
regencies under the name Debbie Raleigh and then moved to steamy historicals
under the name Deborah Raleigh before transforming into a contemporary
paranormal writer as Alexandra Ivy. Now my career spans everything from erotica
to romantic suspense.
When I’m not writing I love to travel, it doesn’t matter where I’m going as
long as it doesn’t include any cooking or cleaning. I also love to spend time
with my family who continue to be my greatest source of inspiration. And since
some things never change…when I have a few minutes, you can still find me with a
book in my hand!
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Rebecca Zanetti wrote her first story when she was six – a romance between a
princess and neighboring prince. The princess fell out of her castle and the
prince rescued her. A happily ever after was had by all.
This theme of romance has been carried through Rebecca’s works until present
time. While today’s heroine may have a medical degree, black belt in Karate and
her own 401K, she’s still after that happy ending. And today’s prince may have
fangs and wear a black hat, but hey, a modern princess likes a guy who bites.
Rebecca attended Pepperdine University, earning a bachelor’s degree in
Journalism with a Political Science emphasis. While there she worked as the
Editor-in-Chief of The Graphic newspaper, a member of the Pi Phi Sorority and an
intern for President Reagan, who still gave 3-5 speeches a week, even though he
was no longer president.
After college, Rebecca worked as an art curator and a Senate aide before
heading to law school, where she received her Juris Doctorate from the
University of Idaho. She married Tony Zanetti in the middle of her second year
of law school and became pregnant with their first child during the third year.
She graduated law school, gave birth three weeks later, and took the Bar Exam
three weeks after that. All she remembers about the bar exam is that it was so
quiet in the testing room, she thought about taking a quick nap. But she
continued on, passed the bar and became a lawyer. She worked for a large firm,
then a small firm, then the county while also teaching legal classes at her
local community college. Now she writes romances about vampires, cowboys, and
soldiers.
Growing up amid the glorious backdrops and winter wonderlands of the Pacific
Northwest has given Rebecca fantastic scenery and adventures to weave into her
stories. She resides there with her husband, children and extended family who
inspire her every day. Rebecca has completed several manuscripts, winning award
throughout the writing industry for her work. She is currently writes the Dark
Protector series for Kensington Publishing, the Maverick Montana series for
Entangled Publishing, and the Sin Brothers series for Grand Central Publishing.
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Dianne Duvall is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of
the Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series and The Gifted Ones series. Her
books have twice been nominated for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best
Vampire Romance and are routinely deemed Top Picks by RT Book Reviews, The
Romance Reviews, and/or Night Owl Reviews. Reviewers have called Dianne’s books
“fast-paced and humorous” (Publishers Weekly), “utterly addictive” (RT Book
Reviews), “extraordinary” (Long and Short Reviews), and “wonderfully
imaginative” (The Romance Reviews).
Dianne’s acclaimed Immortal Guardians books have all appeared on the
New York
Times, USA Today, and/or Amazon Bestseller lists. The first book in Dianne’s new
series
The Gifted Ones, A Sorceress of His Own, will be released on June 2,
2015. A prequel of sorts to
Darkness Dawns. A Sorceress of His Own is a medieval
romance with paranormal elements that won awards in the
Lone Star, Where the
Magic Begins, Southern Heat, Picture This, Book of Your
Heart and
Suzannah national writing competitions. The second book in the
series,
Rendezvous With Yesterday, will be released in 2016 and is a time travel
romance.
In addition to writing romance, Dianne has completed a one-act play (comedy)
and teamed up with an award-winning screenwriter to write a spec script for a
new situation comedy. Several of her poems have also been published in
anthologies.
When she isn’t writing, Dianne is very active in the independent film
industry and has even appeared on-screen, crawling out of a moonlit grave and
wielding a machete like some of the vampires she loves to create in her books.
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Hannah is the author of the UNDERWORLD DETECTION AGENCY CHRONICLES from
Kensington books and the young adult thrillers TRULY, MADLY, DEADLY, SEE JANE
RUN and THE DARE available from Sourcebooks, Inc. When she’s not battling the
demons of the Underworld or tackling a murderer at Hawthorne High, Jayne kicks
her feet up in her San Francisco bay area home and attempts to share couch space
with two enormous cats.
Now that you’re here, kick up your feet and stay awhile…
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