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Susan Forest

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Susan Forest grew up in a family of mountaineers and skiers, and she loves adventure. She also loves the big ideas found in SF/F, and finds fast-paced adventure stories a great place to explore how individuals grapple with complex moral decisions. Aurora Award winners, Bursts of Fire and Flights of Marigold, first books in her Addicted to Heaven series, confront issues of addiction in an epic fantasy world of intrigue and betrayal.

Susan is also an award-winning fiction editor, has published over 25 short stories (Analog, Asimov's, BCS, & more), and has appeared at many international writing conventions. She loves travel and has been known to dictate novels from the back of her husband's motorcycle. http://speculative-fiction.ca/
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Finished the manuscript review–and wrote a short story, first one in a while. I’ll start another manuscript review this week. Also, I touched base with my publisher about edits to the current manuscript, and he isn’t ready to send the edits yet, but says they are coming…😁 Read more of this blog post »
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Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews
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Wishful Thinking (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying) Book 1) by Helen Harper
Wishful Thinking (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World by Helen Harper
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From the Grave (The Arcana Chronicles, #6) by Kresley Cole
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Blood Truth (Black Dagger Legacy, #4) by J.R. Ward
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Reticence (Custard Protocol, #4) by Gail Carriger
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Bursts of Fire (Addicted to Heaven, #1) by Susan Forest
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The Demon World (The Smoke Thieves, #2) by Sally Green
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