Karen Mahoney: The Eternal Kiss: Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire

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NANCY HOLDER has sold approximately eighty novels and two hundred short stories, essays, and articles. She has received four Bram Stoker awards for her occult fiction, and serves on the Clarion Foundation Board. She and Debbie Viguié have written five novels in the New York Times bestselling Wicked saga together. This is their first published collaborative short story.

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DINA JAMES After having three short stories published in vampire romance anthologies ( The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 1 & 2 and The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance ), all set in the mysterious world of the Destrati, she decided to try her hand at writing something for a young adult audience. The result is the story in this collection, “All Wounds.” Based on this story, a full-length novel soon emerged, introducing other vampires, hellhound puppies, and one very independent werewolf. The story featured in this book is, quite literally, just the beginning.

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KAREN MAHONEY has been a Tarot reader, a college counsellor, a dating agency consultant, and a bookseller. Ever since she was six years old what she really wanted to be was Wonder Woman, but has instead settled for being a writer, which she thinks is the most fun you can have without bulletproof bracelets. She reads way too many books, hates bullies, and loves her two cats (even though they only have seven legs between them). She does nothing to hide the fact that she is a total geek. If she could be a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer , she would have to be Buffy so she could kiss both Angel and Spike. She is British, but hopes that you do not hold this against her.

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MARIA V. SNYDER switched careers from meteorologist to novelist when she began writing the award-winning and bestselling Study series ( Poison Study , Magic Study , and Fire Study ) about a young woman forced to become a poison taster. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maria dreamed of chasing tornados, but lacked the skills to forecast their location. Writing, however, let Maria control the weather, which she happily does via a Stormdancer in her book Storm Glass . Maria enjoys hands-on researching for her stories. She had a blast learning how to fence and fight for this creepy vampire tale.

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LILI ST. CROW is the author of the Dante Valentine and Jill Kismet series, as well as the new YA series, Strange Angels . She lives in Vancouver, Washington, with three children, a husband, a variable number of cats, and other assorted strays.

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DEBBIE VIGUIÉ is the author of several books including Midnight Pearls and Scarlet Moon . She co-authored the New York Times bestselling Wicked series with Nancy Holder. Most of Debbie’s books have a strong element of the supernatural to them. Debbie has been writing for most of her life and holds a B.A. in English and a Masters in Creative Writing. When Debbie is not busy writing she enjoys acting and traveling with her husband, Scott. They live in Hawaii.

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