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Alison McBain

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Diversity is one of Alison McBain's passions. With dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, a Japanese-American mother and a B.A. in African history and classical literature, she has an eclectic background and a wide range of experience. She grew up in California and moved to the East Coast in her mid-twenties. Recently, she moved back to Alberta, where she is raising her three daughters.

She started her writing career at age four with a "self-published" horror story about the monster in the closet. The story was highly lauded by her closest family members. Since then, she's received a number of writing awards and accolades from people not even vaguely related to her, but she still has a soft spot for that first short story.

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	Frozen Fairy Tales by Kate Wolford (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tina Anton, Amanda Bergloff (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apocalypse Chronicles by Rosie Gailor (Editor), Marek Lewandowski (Editor), P.D. Dawson (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose Queen 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology by Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cynthia C. Scott, Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Empire 4.50 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alternative War by Debora Godfrey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Bob Brown, Jim Wright 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FLAPPERHOUSE - Year One by Joseph P. O'Brien (Editor), Ed Ahern, Daniel Ari 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagining Monsters: A Collection of Short Stories Inspired by Frankenstein by Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Giannini, Cody Daigle-Orians 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging - Volume Silver by Atlin Merrick (Editor), Ali Habashi, Alison McBain (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enchantress of Books and other stories 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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FREE Books and Book Cover Contest!

My birthday is at the end of the month, so it would be an AWESOME birthday present if my debut YA novel The Rose Queen got some love (and votes)! I entered my book in AllAuthor's book cover contest for the month of September. Right now, my book is at #12 (out of #183 total covers submitted). Each week, people can vote again and advance their favorites to the next round. So if you like my book cove Read more of this blog post »

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If He Had Been with Me

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