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Jan S. Gephardt

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Jan S. Gephardt (pronouns: she/her) is a science fiction novelist, fantasy artist, and publisher from Kansas City. Her “XK9s Saga” books feature a pack of uplifted police dogs who live far in the future inside a habitat space station in a different star’s planetary system.
She and sister G. S. Norwood co-founded Weird Sisters Publishing LLC in 2019. Jan is the Chief Cat-Herder and Art Director for Weird Sisters, which means she is in charge of book production, illustration commissions, and all marketing.
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	What's Bred in the Bone: The 1st Novel in the XK9 "Bones" Trilogy 4.57 avg rating — 75 ratings — 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
	The Other Side of Fear: A novella about the XK9s 4.52 avg rating — 56 ratings — 6 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
	A Bone to Pick (XK9 "Bones" Trilogy #2) 4.60 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
	Bone of Contention: Third Book in the XK9 "Bones" Trilogy (XK9 Series 3) 4.63 avg rating — 8 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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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World

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Jan liked Dragos Macelaru's review of What's Bred in the Bone (XK9 "Bones" Trilogy Book 1): "Entertaining Good story of figurative (and literal!) underdogs trying to do their challenging jobs while fighting malicious conditioning, and in the same time to actually survive and thrive against the odds. Already bought the next book in the series." Read more of this review »
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Jan liked Lilyn George's review of What's Bred in the Bone: The 1st Novel in the XK9 "Bones" Trilogy: "Ultimately this wasn't a book that I clicked with, but there were elements that I liked. A K9 focused science fiction book just isn't something you see a lot of. It's clear that the author loves animals and she treats the characters with respect, ack" Read more of this review »
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Jan liked Lee's review of What's Bred in the Bone (XK9 "Bones" Trilogy Book 1): "This book is awesome! If you love dogs it is a must read! I was taken in from Rex’s first words."
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Jan liked Lisa's review of What's Bred in the Bone (XK9 "Bones" Trilogy Book 1): "I really did enjoy this start to the series. Love a new uplifted species."
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Jan rated a book it was amazing The Artisan Author: The Low-Stress, High-Quality, Fan-Focused Approach to Escaping the Publishing Rat Race by Johnny B. Truant (Goodreads Author)	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
This book offers sage counsel, and also hope for those of us who don't write fast! Johnny B. Truant had been a guide during a previous phase of my Indie writer experience, and now he's come back into my orbit to affirm that no, I'm not crazy. "Rapid ...more
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