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Bonnie Loshbaugh

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Alaska, The United States

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Bonnie Loshbaugh practices kung fu, writes speculative fiction, and can fillet a salmon in 60 seconds flat.

SOBEL'S SKIN is a fantasy tale of a female shaman who can turn into a bear, set in an alternate history Siberia. I WENT DOWN is an urban fantasy noir set in a nightclub and inspired by the jazz standard Saint James Infirmary. Still in progress is THE SAPIENCE CONVENTION, a scifi tale of corruption, drug smuggling, and fuzzy alien critters.

She currently lives in Seattle, where she misses snow in winter, but appreciates the proximity of coffee shops and a large university library. ...more

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	Sobel's Skin (Isobel the Bear-Eater, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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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I’m more and more convinced that my new heroine will be a bicycle racer, so I’ve been looking up about women’s racing at the end of the nineteenth century. There is, in fact, a book on the subject of women in six-day bicycle races — but it doesn’t come out until October 2018! I even sent an email to the author in hopes of snagging an early review copy, but no dice. He did email me a copy of an art

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