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Misty Massey

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Faith Hunter, Tim Powers

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I have always been a voracious reader. My parents encouraged my love of books, a gift more valuable to me than anything else they could have given me. It was no surprise to anyone when I began writing. I dabbled with short stories for years, even publishing a few in small press magazines, until I found and joined a writing critique group, and tried my hand at writing novels. When I'm not writing, I enjoy reading, belly dancing and playing a pirate character at the Carolina Renaissance Faire, based on the pirates of the early 17th century. My novel, Mad Kestrel, was born from my fascination with pirates and my love of fantasy. ...more

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	Mad Kestrel (Mad Kestrel, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2008 — 10 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 Weird Wild West by Misty Massey (Goodreads Author) (Editor And Contributor), Emily Lavin Leverett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Margaret S. McGraw (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 195 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
	Kestrel's Voyages (Mad Kestrel, #1.5) 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Kestrel's Dance (Mad Kestrel, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Nevermore: Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe by Misty Massey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexander G.R. Gideon (Goodreads Author), Carol Gyzander (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Nevermore it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	A road, a cask and a little therapy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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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“Were you born this infuriating?"
"It's taken me years of practice.”
― Misty Massey, Mad Kestrel

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message 4: by Misty

Nov 10, 2010 05:35AM

Hi CJ,

Yes, I've finished the sequel, and it's now in the hands of my publisher!

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message 3: by CJ - It's only a Paper Moon

Nov 09, 2010 08:57PM

please please say that there will be a sequel to Mad Kestral?!

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message 2: by Misty

Jun 21, 2010 12:46PM

Hi Misty! Thanks for adding me as a friend. As soon as I saw your name, I just had to invite you to be my friend. I don't run into too many Mistys. ;-)

Best wishes,
Misty Evans
Author of Operation Sheba

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message 1: by Andrea

Oct 16, 2008 05:50AM

Hi & thank you for being a friend on Good Reads!

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