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DESCENT shortlisted for the 2014 Crime Writers of Canada Unhanged Arthur award. BLAZE shortlisted for the 2014 Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger. Short Story "When a Friendship Fails" won the 2014 Capital Crime Writers' best short story.

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	Descent (A Stone Mountain Mystery #1) 4.01 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2015 — 8 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
	Secrets to Writing a Series: The Creative Series Writing Method by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author), L. Cooke (Co-Author) 4.81 avg rating — 64 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
	Secrets To Editing Success by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author) (Co-Author), L. Cooke (Co-Author) 4.59 avg rating — 39 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
	Secrets to Writing a Romance: Write Novels that Sell Book #5 by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author), L. O'Donnell (Goodreads Author) 4.92 avg rating — 25 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
	Secrets to Outlining A Novel: The Creative Story Outlining Method by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author) (Co-Author), L. Cooke (Co-Author) 4.74 avg rating — 23 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
	Blaze (A Stone Mountain Mystery Book 2) 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Secrets to Writing a Fantasy (Write Novels That Sell Book 4) by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author), L. Cooke 4.90 avg rating — 20 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
	Secrets to Writing a Mystery: Write Novels That Sell, #6 by K. Stanley (Goodreads Author), L. Taylor 4.84 avg rating — 19 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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	Avalanche (A Stone Mountain Mystery Book 3) 4.46 avg rating — 13 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

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