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J.M. Tompkins

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Born

in The United States

Website

https://www.creativityuntamed.com

Twitter

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Genre

Suspense, Mystery, Science Fiction

Influences

Margaret Atwood
N. K. Jemison
Cormac McCarthy
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Member Since

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J. M. Tompkins is an independent publisher who started her company, Creativity Untamed, in 2019. J. M. has founded and organized conferences and writing groups, including the Atlanta Self-Publishing Conference, the Next Level Writing Group and The Indie Group. J. M. teaches classes on the various aspects of self-publishing, social media branding, and on writing science fiction.

J. M.’s writings explore several of her passions including nature, technology, and human behavior. Within her novels, she loves combining suspense with interesting science and her fears of what our future society might be like. Interesting science, according to J. M., is the possibilities of current science including Artificial Intelligence, personal data, biohacking ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 85 ratings · 48 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Wastebasket: Novella 1 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — 5 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
	Paramortal: A Short Story 4.21 avg rating — 14 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
	The Sinister Strand 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — 5 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
	White Data (Habitual Humanity #2) 4.50 avg rating — 10 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
	The Cleansing (Habitual Humanity, #4) 4.50 avg rating — 6 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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	Allies (Habitual Humanity #5) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Mother (Habitual Humanity #6) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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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	Perpetual: Novella 8 4.50 avg rating — 2 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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