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Kristi Charish

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Toronto, Canada

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Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery

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Kristi is the author of OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS (Simon and Schuster Canada/Pocket Books), an urban fantasy about a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world, and THE VOODOO KILLINGS (Random House Canada), an urban fantasy/mystery about a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle with the ghost of a deceased grunge rocker.

She writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, savvy female protagonists, pop culture, and the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. She’s also a co-host for the Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing Podcast.

Before becoming an author Kristi was a research scientist. She holds a BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry an ...more

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	Owl and the Japanese Circus (Adventures of Owl, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 1,805 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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 Voodoo Killings (Kincaid Strange, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	Owl and the City of Angels (Adventures of Owl, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 2015 — 7 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
	Owl and the Electric Samurai (Adventures of Owl, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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
	Lipstick Voodoo (Kincaid Strange, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Owl and the Tiger Thieves (Adventures of Owl, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Vancouver Noir by Sam Wiebe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda L. Richards (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Timothy Taylor (contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 215 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
	Voodoo Shanghai (Kincaid Strange, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Shainblum (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 54 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
	Shapers of Worlds Volume III: Science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on The Worldshapers podcast by Edward Willett (Goodreads Author), James K. Morrow, Walter Jon Williams (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 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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Havana Storm (Dirk Pitt, #23)

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Spellstorm (Sage of Shadowdale, #4; Forgotten Realms: Elminster, #10)

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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

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“Sometimes knowledge is not worth the headache it brings.”
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“Murphy's law: every time you think you know something, the universe will prove you wrong.”
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“I’m an archaeologist who likes cats, not a cat burglar who likes old stuff.”
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Jun 09, 2015 11:10AM

Nenia wrote: "Eeeek you wrote the book I'm reading. :D"

Hey Nenia! Clearly I'm still learning the Goodreads ropes, I just noticed this comment now. Getting the hang of it, promise :-) Awesome to hear you read OWL- And the release for the sequel OWL AND THE CITY OF ANGELS was moved up to Oct 5th ;-)

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