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Nikki McCormack

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Outside of her career as an author, Nikki is a professional technical and creative writer, spider wrangler, animal lover, and devoted cat mom. Writing fantasy and science fiction stories has been a lifelong passion for her. She loves to draw upon her myriad life experiences doing everything from wild cave exploration and competitive horseback endurance riding to practicing iaido and archery. She invites you to join her for some fantastic adventures.

Grand Prize Winner of the Dante Rossetti Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Girl and the Clockwork Cat

Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards for The Keeper

Finalist in the Cygnus Award for Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction for Dissident

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The final book in the Vanris series is here!

Why did I think releasing a trilogy over the course of six months would somehow be easier than releasing a four-book series over the course of a year? 

Yeah, I don't know either.

Well, despite the challenges, Wavelord, the third and final book in my Daughter of Vanris series, releases today! Visit the book page here for more about Veyl's story and to read the first chapter of the book.

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“Trust your ears to find what your eyes might miss.”
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“Feel fear. Don’t show it.”
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