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S.K. Balk

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S. K. Balk lives in the frozen wastelands of Northern Michigan with her husband, roommate, and five dogs. As a career, she works in vacation rentals and writes in her spare time.

Other than writing, she has far too many hobbies to occupy her time, including hunting, fishing, sewing, reading, playing video games, orchestrating Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and doing whatever she can to save the world.

Her first novel, THE BLOOD OF NERYS, was published February 26, 2016.

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