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Here are five random facts about Sue Graham.

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Here are five random facts about Emily Alter.

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Here are five random facts about Karin Kallmaker.

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Here are five random facts about Anna Pulley.

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Here are five random facts about Elle Armstrong.

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Here are five random facts about Cheyenne Blue.

1. I have the world’s flattest feet. Pancake is an understatement. They’re also very big. With built-in flippers like this, I should be a fast swimmer, but I’m not.
2. I have an emotional bond with my extremely old and decrepit VW Golf. Seven years ago, a mechanic told me I should scrap it and not waste more money on it. I keep it going with pats on the dashboard, thumb rubs of the steering wheel, high-octane petrol, and a more understanding mechanic.
3. My kitchen has twenty-seven types of hot sauce, chilli paste, fresh and frozen chillis, and other condiments to add fire to food.
4. I still have a storage unit in Denver, Colorado from when I lived there nearly twenty years ago. Apart from a tent, I have no idea what’s in it.
5. I love the desert, so it’s lucky I live in Australia where there’s a lot of it. My dream holiday destination is the Atacama Desert in Chile.

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Here are five random facts about Chloe Keto.

1. I’m a really bad lesbian and author because both my wife and I are allergic to cats so we remain a feline-free household. I just have to write in cute, furry friends in my books instead!

2. Another author stereotype staple is coffee… Good coffee sends me totally bouncing off the walls. I recently made the mistake of having one after lunch at work – I slept about three hours that night!

3. I’m 5’4″ and have the athletism of a wet lettuce so sports have never been my thing… but a couple of years ago I finally found one I really enjoyed – Pole Fitness! Look out for future storylines from me with exciting pole moves featured!

4. I have two kids who are sport mad whereas I don’t know one end of a football pitch from the other.

5. I got engaged many years ago in a hot air balloon over, apparently, a huge defence base. I promise that isn’t any kind of foreshadowing the nature of my marriage – we’re not the explosive kind!

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Here are five random facts about Abigail Taylor.

1. I’m afraid of heights, but on my 23rd birthday, my brother took me skydiving, and we jumped from a plane at 9,000 feet in the air. It was the scariest thing I’ve ever done, but I’m glad I did it. However, I’ll never do it again.

2. When I was in seventh grade, I chipped my hipbone jumping off a roof onto a trampoline.

3. When I was two, I wrecked my parents’ car—twice.

4. I was a vegetarian for 11 years.

5. The one thing I can never leave the house without is chapstick. I can’t stand it if my lips are dry. But I’m also allergic to beeswax, which is apparently in a lot of chapstick, so I have to be very careful to read the ingredients and make sure I don’t kiss anyone who is wearing it! 😆

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Here are five random facts about Nita Round.

1. I married my pen pal. After sending 15 page missives to each other every few days, we met, we dated, and we’ve been together ever since. She is the love of my life.

2. I was bullied as a child for being half Spanish, half English. So I learnt Judo, that helped a lot.

3. At 17 I had my first car, an old beaten-up old banger. It was so temperamental that I had a hammer in the glove box and to start the car I had to open the hood and bang the starter motor.

4. I have the attention span of a gnat. So I play two games whilst I’m writing and listening to music.

5. I have a degree in Psychology, but I was far more interested in technology, AI, and computer games. All of which was my way into writing, albeit for magazines.

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Here are five random facts about Jennie Davids.

1. I always buy slippers during the holidays because they look so comfortable and like something I need. Come February I donate the unworn slippers.

2. My favorite place to write is in my car. I drive to a park, pull out my laptop, and get to work. The peaceful surroundings and being free of distractions really works for me. My dog likes it too because she can get in some squirrel watching in the backseat.

3. I’m a morning person. It’s very rare for me not to be up by six. I always tease that my brains starts getting sleepy and slowing down by eight p.m.

4. I have lots of indoor plants that I love to take care of, but I dislike any kind of yardwork or gardening outside.

5. My least favorite sound is the doorbell. (My dog agrees.)

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Here are five random facts about Anne E. Terpstra.

1. In addition to being an author, I’m also a potter and photographer. I started throwing on the wheel about fifteen years ago, and photography has been part of my life since I was a teen. In fact, the cover of Beyond Any Experience features a photograph I took and then digitally altered. Most of my pottery consists of functional pieces in stoneware and porcelain, although I do decorative work as well. You can check out my online store here.

2. I’ve been a homeschooling parent for ten years. (There are more secular and LGBTQ+ homeschool families than you might think!) It’s been a rewarding and fun process, and my son will graduate from high school next year.

3. When I’m in a procrastinating mood, I’ll often bake – cakes, cookies, pastries, tarts – if it’s sweet, I’ll make it! A favorite cookbook is Flour by Joanne Chang.

4. One of my degrees is in journalism, and my original career goal was to be a sportswriter.

5. My other degree is in technical theater, which is what pulled me away from a journalism career. In my time as a stage manager and production manager, I watched a lot of actors rehearse and perfect their lines, which helped hone my ear for dialogue as a writer.

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Here are five random facts about TB Markinson (who is pinch-hitting for an author who didn’t get the deets to the IHS team in time).

1. I love to see new places, but almost every mode of transportation makes me ill. Getting back and forth is never enjoyable, but I love new experiences too much to let being ill stop me.

2. A high school counselor told me I wouldn’t amount to much and I shouldn’t bother going to college. I have 3 college degrees and now I run an author business and this website. A word of advice to those who tell young people what they should do with their lives. How about listening more instead of dooming people before they’re legally able to vote?

3. I have a terrible sense of direction and I’ve been instructed by the powers that be I can never leave my house without GPS. The voice has a male British accent who I lovingly call Nigel.

4. Because my phone is convinced I’m British (I paired the phone I purchased in the UK to the phone I got in the US when I moved back) and I don’t want to correct it, I have to constantly google the conversion of millimeters / centimeters to inches to know how bad snowstorms will be. However, if I tell it I’m actually American, I’ll lose Nigel and I can’t stomach the thought. Being told to turn around by a British accent is so charming.

5. I’ve broken two bones in my body: knee and elbow. Luckily not at the same time.

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Here are five random facts about Brenda Murphy.

1. I am a licensed General class amateur radio operator (KE8PRD) and spend a few hours every weekend working the digital FT8 mode on the 20-meter band so if you are on the airwaves give me a shout out.

2. I was a cooking instructor at our local cookware store for five years and during that time and was able to sous-chef for one of my childhood idols, Sara Moulton when she came to do a book signing.

3. The first book length manuscript (Sum of the Whole) I ever submitted became my first book with NineStar Press. Sum of the Whole started out as a long short story that was rejected (thank you nameless editor, you were right). After that my author bestie convinced me it needed to be a book and to send it in.

4. I am an avid gardener and spend a lot of experimenting with growing vegetables and fruit trees. If I get stuck on a plot point, spending a few hours outside in with my hands in the dirt usually sorts it out.

5. I am obsessed with campy horror films (ridiculous scripts, hokey special effects, bad acting), and like nothing better than settling in with a big bowl of popcorn to laugh my way through them.

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Here are five random facts about Eliza Lentzski.

1. I used to be terrified of anything remotely scary; I couldn’t even handle watching The X-Files. Horror films are now one of my favorite genres, and I love going to haunted houses.

2. Growing up, I was so shy that I would pay my little sister to talk on the phone for me. Today, through my work as a historian, I regularly give presentations to large groups of people.

3. I played organized hockey on an all-boys team until eighth grade. Ice skating is still one of my favorite activities.

4. During summers when I was in college, I worked as a costumed interpreter at a historic fort. I got married twice a day in a reenactment of a French-Canadian wedding. I’ve probably been married over 500 times.

5. I started publishing sapphic fiction when I wasn’t able to find a job immediately after getting my PhD. Because of the success of books like Winter Jacket, I was able to extend my job search and hold out for my dream job. (Not that publishing sapphic fiction isn’t also a dream!)

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Here are five random facts about Tiana Warner.

1. I didn’t realize I was into women until after I wrote my first book in my early 20s about a girl who falls in love with a mermaid. You could say that was my coming-out experience.
2. I have a rescue dog named Joey who’s afraid of men and is on 2-4 different types of medication, depending on the day. He had a rough start in life, but he’s a very happy guy and is thriving under all my hugs and kisses.
3. Most of my writing is accomplished first thing in the morning fueled by oatmeal and coffee.
4. I’ve ridden horses all my life and once rode competitively in dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Now I ride casually on a gelding named Flynn.
5. I have a degree in Computer Science, which I used for years before deciding I actually sort of hate programming and would rather write stories than code.

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Here are five random facts about Marianne Ratcliffe.

1. In my younger days I was a keen footballer and played for Chelsea Ladies FC, alongside a very young Casey Stoney (who later went on to captain the Lionesses). It is fair to say she was much more talented than I was!
2. In the late 1990s, I spent three years in Boston, MA, where I became a Red Sox fan. I must have been a jinx, because they only started winning once I returned to England. Same with the Patriots, come to think of it…
3. My wife told me she loved me by handwritten letter. This was post-Boston. She’d flown out three times to tell me but bailed out each time. I was oblivious (apparently a consistent character trait of mine).
4. Thanks to my wife’s dog-boarding business, I write surrounded by furry companions. They love to “help” by resting their heads on my keyboard at inopportune moments.
5. My favourite sapphic historical novel is Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters.

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Here are five random facts about Amber Perez.

1. I’m over 50% deaf from birth and didn’t know it until I was 19! I made it through school with good grades, learned to play the flute, and sang in the choir. I didn’t find out about my hearing impairment until I attempted to join the Navy after high school. Somehow, I made it through processing and even shipped out to bootcamp in Great Lakes. After cutting all of my hair off, getting a ton of immunizations, and getting yelled at for a few days, they found out I had a birth defect and had about 50% ability in my left ear and less than 47% in my right. Apparently, I learned to read lips very early and no one ever knew! So, if we meet and I don’t respond? I promise I’m not being stuck up, I just need to look at your mouth as we talk!
2. Even though I didn’t realize it was a thing until after I wrote my first book, Shay’s Gamble, I guess I’m a toaster oven lesbian! I was married to a man for 22 years and didn’t come out until I was 41. I’m a real life sapphic romance trope!
3. I am a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan. I know, I know, but don’t hold that against me if you’re not! I visited the old stadium back when I was about 3 years old and have pictures of me on the 50-yard line and in Roger Staubach’s locker (if you know football then you know Staubach). I have amassed a rather extensive memorabilia collection that consists of signed footballs, helmets, jerseys, collector cards, and so much more. My goal is to eventually turn a spare room into my memorabilia display room.
4. I am a college freshman at 45! Yes, you read that right. I married young and started a family. I loved being able to stay home and be a mom. Now that my youngest is a senior in high school, I decided it’s my turn! I’m majoring in Forensic Psychology with plans to become a mitigator.
5. I am a tattoo junkie!! I love ink and figure as long as I have blank skin then I need more tattoos. I had my first one done as a gift when I was 19 then waited on my second until I was in my 30’s. Since then? I’m pretty much covered. My current project is a full leg sleeve paying homage to my Viking ancestry.

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Here are five random facts about Kimberly A. Todd.

1. I handwrite all of my books in notebooks. I can’t type, so it takes me ages to painstakingly type each word into a manuscript using only two fingers.

2. I grew up on an island where the chief of police was my soccer coach, and my history teacher also ran the deli department at the local grocery.

3. I dislike coffee and french fries.

4. When I start creating a book, I only have an idea of the beginning and end. I make up the entire book as I write.

5. I love to cook, and Ina Garten can do no wrong.

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Here are five random facts about Kelly Farmer.

1. I love to watch ghost hunting TV shows. While a few unexplainable things have happened in my life, if I actually went on an investigation and something happened, I would probably poop in my pants from fright!

2. I don’t have any tattoos, which is why the characters I write have so many. Living vicariously through them!

3. In my previous life as an actor, I got cast twice as a grieving mother because, as they said, I “looked sad.” Um, thank you? (For the record, I have played a grieving mother five times. I must really look sad!)

4. My favorite chore is folding laundry, especially towels. My least favorite chore by far is cleaning the shower.

5. According to iTunes, my most listened to artist is Brandi Carlile. This is unsurprising, especially since she’s who I listen to while writing the Out on the Ice Series.

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Here are five random facts about Claire Highton-Stevenson.

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Here are five random facts about Renee Dahlia.

1. My day job is writing about racehorses and I have a special interest in Thoroughbred pedigrees and betting scandals.

2. I’m lucky to know a lot of my family history, much of which seems like fiction, eg my father holds a (defunct) Russian aristocratic title (like a Baron), my great-grandmother was one of the first women to become a doctor in Europe (we aren’t sure the exact number, but easily in the first 100), and an aunt drove across the Gobi Desert to escape the Russian Revolution.

3. I know how to score cricket (the game), probably because I enjoy spreadsheets.

4. I love cooking (it’s my love language) and many of my books include food, meals, and fancy dinners. My favourite food is potatoes due to their versatility.

5. I’m bisexual, and have described my personal attraction type as ‘the entire cast of Lucifer’. I write romance, both historical and contemporary, across all romance pairings, and to try help readers avoid confusion, I list them all on my website.

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Here are five random facts about Rachel Lacey.

1. I lived in the Netherlands for two years as a child, and now I’m not allowed to donate blood because apparently anyone who lived in Europe in the 80s might have Mad Cow Disease.

2. I don’t have any tattoos (yet) or piercings. I used to have my ears and navel pierced, but my body rejects basically all metal, so I eventually had to give them all up.

3. I don’t like coffee.

4. There are many authors who got their start writing fanfic and later made the jump to publishing original books. Well, I did it the other way around! I had been publishing books for years when I discovered and fell in love with fanfic. Fan fiction actually helped me to rediscover the joy of writing after I’d hit a really low place in my published career, and now I come back to it whenever I need to remember that feeling.

5. I love all animals, even the ones some people find creepy! The only exceptions for me are parasites – gross.

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Here are five random facts about TB Markinson.

1. I have 5 tattoos and only regret 1 of them.

2. I’ve lived in 3 countries. My favorite city to wander by foot is London, but my favorite place to drive on back roads is Massachusetts.

3. I absolutely hate vegetables and I’m a pro at finding the ones people (who shall not be named) hide in food, like mashed potatoes and casserole. This is a major crime in my book.

4. During a Ranger Campfire talk, when I was a toddler, I fell sound asleep and started to snore so loud the ranger panicked thinking a bear was approaching. Yes, I still snore.

5. In junior high, I hurt my left elbow, resulting in wearing a sling for a couple of months. Ever since then, my left shoulder is higher than my right, making it impossible to wear dresses since they slant. I also hate dresses and happily point out my shoulder issue while sticking my tongue out at anyone who suggests I put on a dress.

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Here are five random facts about Emily Waters.

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Here are five random facts about Morgan Routh.

1. My books are loaded with colorful description because I have synaesthesia – a special mental association system that associates colors with letters and words.

2. My specialty is in linguistics, particularly forensic linguistics. I have experience studying kidnapping cases where there are faked texts to throw law enforcement off.

3. I love classic art history. Often the images in my fiction will tie back to natural rules of visual arts.

4. I’m an all-state violinist. I love Romantic music for its intensity and its creative flair.

5. Every book from my catalogue is a step into a vastly different world. Wall Street executives, zoo keepers, bakers, sailors. Each one is a world of its own.

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Here are five random facts about Jourdyn Kelly.

1. My company, Jaded Angels, is the official merchandiser for singer/songwriter Debbie Gibson.

2. I have a degree in commercial art and video production. I love painting.

3. I played the saxophone in my high school marching band, but I can’t read music. I used to play by ear, only getting caught by my teacher when they wanted me to tryout for drum major and I had to read sheet music I’d never heard before.

4. I collect Grogu (Baby Yoda)… everything.

5. I’ve competed in many triathlons to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. I’ve raised a couple thousand dollars. I stopped after having surgery on my shoulder.

Bonus:

– I don’t allow photos of people to be hung in my house because since I was a little girl, I thought they could see me.
– I caused an emergency landing on a commercial airline because my eyes were bleeding. I couldn’t see anything, but I freaked the lady sitting next to me out something terrible.

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Here are five random facts about S.E. Smyth.

1. I collect 78 RPM shellac records from the early 20th century. Several times a year, you can find me following up on leads and digging records out of retired folks’ basements. My favorites: Bessie Smith, Gwen Farrar, Ma Rainey, and Lucille Bogan!

2. My favorite toy when I was a kid was my He-Man dress up outfit complete with sword, belt, and wristbands. Welp, I loved that costume.

3. I’ve struggled with mental health throughout my life and consider myself gratefully in recovery. I don’t talk about it a lot, but you often find emotional characters in my books.

4. My wife is adamant I tell you I was a raver, skateboarder, dork, vegetarian, vegan, and punk in high school. Not necessarily in that order. You may or may not find these character types in future books.

5. Twenty-odd years ago, I worked as an archaeologist in the forests of Pennsylvania. With a lack of entertainment choices in the middle of nowhere and only two radio stations, I learned to belt out the full lyrics to classic rock hits such as Hotel California.

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Here are five random facts about Cheri Ritz!

1 I’m a Disney fanatic—I love Disney World and I was so proud to see my son march in a parade down Main Street last spring.

2 Wet paper completely weirds me out. Like seriously, gag-reflex inducing weirded out.

3 I don’t like cheesecake. I believe sweets and cheeses should remain apart. I will not bend on this no matter how much my wife tries to convince me otherwise.

4 I’m a late bloomer—I didn’t come out until I was in my forties.

5 I have a collection of PEZ dispensers and it includes all types: Star Wars, Minnions, Simpsons, Holiday, Hello Kitty. My favorite: Peppermint Patty.

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Here are five random facts about Isabella!

1. Isabella is a fourth degree black belt.
2. She met her wife in her TKD class on base. It was love at first site, but they didn’t reconnect until 15 years later.
3. Isabella paints, draws, and loves digital art.
4. She owns a motorcycle and has ridden as part of the Dykes on Bikes contingency in the S.F. Pride parade for 4 years.
5. She made over 30 matching bowties, pocket squares, and masks during the pandemic. Just because it’s a pandemic doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look marvelous!

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Here are five random facts about Britney Jackson.

1. I have a stabby collection! Swords, daggers, rainbow throwing knives, and an ungodly number of pocket knives. I’m totally useful if you need a box opened!

2. I majored in music during my first few years of college. I played piccolo in marching band and flute in concert band, ensembles, events, and weddings. I haven’t played as much since the pandemic started, but music is still my other passion—second only to writing. 💙

3. When I was five, I got lost in the woods behind my house and was out all night. I found my way home the next morning by following the creek. I don’t remember being afraid—just really curious. I also fed some of my snacks to a raccoon and may have caused a tiny raccoon problem. 😅

4. One of my favorite ways of spending time with my kids is going to parks and playing Pokémon Go together. I know a lot of people see technology as a barrier to spending time with loved ones, but we have a lot of fun with it.

5. Both of my forearm tattoos are bookish. On my left arm, I have an owl and books, and on my right arm, I have a quill and the word “write.”

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Here are five random facts about Barbara Winkes.

1. I have synesthesia – for the longest time, I had no idea other people didn’t see colors when thinking of numbers/letters/words etc.

2. I met my wife online in the Women’s Murder Club fandom, but the first in-person meeting was in Paris. We intended to meet for a coffee and ended up spending all my days there together.

3. I am celebrating my 10-year-publishing anniversary this November (2022) – sapphic crime drama and Christmas romance under my own name, and steamier stories as Raven J. Spencer.

4. My love for food winds its way into all my books – even when they hunt serial killers, characters enjoy pizza, dessert, and a good glass of wine on occasion.

5. I was born in Germany but became a Canadian citizen in 2017. Being able to vote was one of the main reasons.

Preorder Barbara’s Destination Christmas, Next Stop Love. Out November 7th!

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5 Random Things is our way of helping readers to get to know authors all the while having a bit of fun.

Here are five random facts about JE Leak.

1. I live in a barn.

2. I have three tuxedo boy cats. Not related. All walk ins.

3. I HATE to vacuum

4. I own and have restored close to 500 vintage fountain pens.

5. I collect action figures.

Have you started JE’s exciting historical fiction series? Check out In the Shadow of the Past (Book 1).

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5 Random Things is our way of helping readers to get to know authors all the while having a bit of fun.

Here are five random facts about Adrian J Smith.

1. I graduated high school at the age of 16. There were two of us who graduated early that year, both of us went to seminary. I became a minister and my friend became a rabbi.

2. I am hopelessly afraid of muppets, any kind. There was no Sesame Street in my house! In fact, I wrote to PBS to ask them to change the time it aired (and they listened!).

3. I love all kinds of pumpkins. I try to have fresh pumpkins in my house year round, and I usually make it to the start of summer or the end of summer. Unless my children decide to randomly carve pumpkins in March.

4. I love handwritten notes and cards, and I write and mail them frequently.

5. I failed reading exams until I was in high school. Reading and I have a long history of hatred between the two of us, and it wasn’t until I was in high school that I semi-started to enjoy it and really in college when I fully felt like reading wasn’t just a chore. I’m still bad at it, but I do enjoy it.

Have you read Adrian’s latest: Dead Women Don’t Tell Tales.

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