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Alane Ferguson


Born
in Cumberland, Maryland, The United States
January 01, 1957

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Alane Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. She attended the University of Utah and Westminster College where she studied journalism. Later, Alane became interested in writing for children, mostly, she says, to follow the example of her mother, successful author Gloria Skurzynski. Her mother has written over fifty-seven books for children, while Alane is currently completing her thirty-second. Alane and her mother co-authored a series for National Geographic. Their novel, WOLF STALKER, was the first work of fiction National Geographic had published in its as of then 109 year history. WOLF STALKER was nominated for the 1998 Mystery Writer's of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award and the newest and 13th book in the series, NIGHT OF ...more

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Someone Hijacked My Computer!

I am SO SORRY for the delay in writing/publishing comments, but my computer was shut down by a virus. After much back-and-forthing, my wonderful son came to my home and helped me with said nasty computer virus, but when he worked on it he changed the settings so I COULD NOT get onto my blog!!! Foiled again! AACK! FINALLY got it fixed, and will write more tomorrow, but this has been unbelievably fr Read more of this blog post »
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The Christopher Killer The Angel of Death The Circle of Blood The Dying Breath
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“No, that's because there are more interesting things to do."
Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies"
Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much.”
― Alane Ferguson, The Christopher Killer
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“Forensics had taught her that scars left tissue much tougher than skin.”
― Alane Ferguson, The Dying Breath
tags: metaphorical
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“I've decided that I can also touch the hearts of many - dead people, but the living, too. (Cameryn Mahoney)”
― Alane Ferguson, The Dying Breath
tags: inspirational-attitude
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  3 votes, 11.1%

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