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Madeleine Holly-Rosing

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Born

in Burbank, The United States

December 30

Website

http://www.bostonmetaphysicalsociety.com

Twitter

MhollyRosing

Genre

Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

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Lois McMaster Bujold, Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaffrey, Brian Vaughn, ...more

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A TV, feature film, comic book writer, and novelist, Madeleine is the winner of the Sloan Fellowship for screenwriting, and the Gold Aurora and Bronze Telly for a PSA produced by Women In Film. She also won numerous awards while completing the UCLA MFA Program in Screenwriting. Having run five successful Kickstarter campaigns, Madeleine also teaches a seminar on crowdfunding at Pulp Fiction Books in Culver City as well as guest lectured at Scriptwriters Network and Dreamworks Animation.

Her debut novel, Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets not only received a Silver Medal in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category of the Feathered Quill Book Awards, but also received The Write Companion Award for Best Overall TOP PICK in the Adult, C A TV, feature film, comic book writer, and novelist, Madeleine is the winner of the Sloan Fellowship for screenwriting, and the Gold Aurora and Bronze Telly for a PSA produced by Women In Film. She also won numerous awards while completing the UCLA MFA Program in Screenwriting. Having run five successful Kickstarter campaigns, Madeleine also teaches a seminar on crowdfunding at Pulp Fiction Books in Culver City as well as guest lectured at Scriptwriters Network and Dreamworks Animation.

Her debut novel, Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets not only received a Silver Medal in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category of the Feathered Quill Book Awards, but also received The Write Companion Award for Best Overall TOP PICK in the Adult, Children’s and Young Adult categories.

Nominated for a 2012 Airship Award (SteamCon) and a 2013, 2014 and 2015 Steampunk Chronicles Reader's Choice Award, the webcomic received an Honorable Mention at the 2013 GEEKIE AWARDS and was nominated in the Best Comic/Graphic Novel category in 2014.

Other comic projects include the short story, The Scout which is part of The 4th Monkey anthology, The Sanctuary (The Edgar Allan Poe Chronicles anthology), The Marriage Counselor ( The Cthulhu is Hard to Spell anthology) and the upcoming The Airship Pirate which will be part of The Rum Row anthology.

She also has an anthology of short stories and novellas called Boston Metaphysical Society: Prelude

The Boston Metaphysical Society short story, Here Abide Monsters, is part of the Some Time Later anthology from Thinking Ink publishers.
The first Boston Metaphysical Society novel, A Storm of Secrets, was released in 2018.

Formerly a nationally ranked epee fencer, she has competed nationally and internationally and an is an avid reader of science fiction, steampunk, fantasy and historical military fiction. Madeleine lives with her rocket scientist husband.

Please visit the web comic at http://www.bostonmetaphysicalsociety.com and the Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/BostonMetaphy... ...more

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	Boston Metaphysical Society: A Storm of Secrets by Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Goodreads Author), Luisa Preissler (Illustrator), Vandel J. Arden (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Boston Metaphysical Society 4.13 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Boston Metaphysical Society: Prelude 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Boston Metaphysical Society: The Complete Series by Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Goodreads Author), Emily Hu 3.40 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2017	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
	Boston Metaphysical Society - Chapter Two 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Boston Metaphysical Society Vol. 1 (1) by Madeleine Holly-Rosing (Goodreads Author), Emily Hu (Illustrator) 3.40 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
	Here Abide Monsters 4.76 avg rating — 17 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
	Steampunk Rat - A Boston Metaphysical Society Story 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	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 Secret - A Boston Metaphysical Society Story 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	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
	Boston Metaphysical Society Special Digital Edition (Chapter 3) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 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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