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His book, Scorched Shadows, was shortlisted for a Gemmell Award for best novel.Steve was born in a small village called Mexborough, South Yorkshire, but now lives with his wife and three young daughters in Southampton","slug":"steve-mchugh","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/steve-mchugh","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:47.491518","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27389,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Melanie_Karsak.png","name":"Melanie Karsak","bio":"New York Times and USA Today best-selling historical fantasy author Melanie Karsak is the author of the Celtic Blood series, Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Steampunk Fairy Tales, the Road to Valhalla Series, and other works of fantasy and fiction. The author currently lives in Florida with her husband and two children.Join my newsletter and get Under the Strawberry Moon for FREE:  with me online:Newsletter:   @AuthorMelanieKarsakPinterest: @melaniekarsakInstagram: @karsakmelanie","raw_bio":"New York Times and USA Today best-selling historical fantasy author Melanie Karsak is the author of the Celtic Blood series, Steampunk Red Riding Hood, Steampunk Fairy Tales, the Road to Valhalla Series, and other works of fantasy and fiction. The author currently lives in Florida with her husband and two children.Join my newsletter and get Under the Strawberry Moon for FREE:  with me online:Newsletter:   @AuthorMelanieKarsakPinterest: @melaniekarsakInstagram: @karsakmelanie","slug":"melanie-karsak","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/melanie-karsak","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:48.715934","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27390,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Ann_Leary.png","name":"Ann Leary","bio":"Ann Leary is the author of the novels, THE CHILDREN, THE GOOD HOUSE, OUTTAKES FROM A MARRIAGE, and the memoir, AN INNOCENT, A BROAD.Her bestselling novel, THE GOOD HOUSE, has recently been adapted as a motion picture starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Ann’s New York Times essay, “Rallying to Keep the Game Alive,” was adapted for Amazon Prime's Modern Love TV Series and stars Tina Fey and John Slattery. Her work has been translated into eighteen languages and she has written for numerous publications including Ploughshares, NPR, Real Simple and the New York Times.Her new novel, THE FOUNDLING, will be published on May 31, 2022.Ann and her husband Denis Leary live in New York.","raw_bio":"Ann Leary is the author of the novels, THE CHILDREN, THE GOOD HOUSE, OUTTAKES FROM A MARRIAGE, and the memoir, AN INNOCENT, A BROAD.Her bestselling novel, THE GOOD HOUSE, has recently been adapted as a motion picture starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Ann’s New York Times essay, “Rallying to Keep the Game Alive,” was adapted for Amazon Prime's Modern Love TV Series and stars Tina Fey and John Slattery. Her work has been translated into eighteen languages and she has written for numerous publications including Ploughshares, NPR, Real Simple and the New York Times.Her new novel, THE FOUNDLING, will be published on May 31, 2022.Ann and her husband Denis Leary live in New York.","slug":"ann-leary","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ann-leary","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:50.422341","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27391,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/K.J._Sutton.png","name":"K.J. Sutton","bio":"K.J. Sutton lives in Colorado with her two rescue dogs. She has received multiple awards for her work, and she graduated with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Hamline University. K.J. also writes young adult novels as Kelsey Sutton.When she isn’t writing in a coffee shop, K.J. spends her time traveling the world and working at a vet clinic. She is best known for her Fortuna Sworn series. Visit her at ","raw_bio":"K.J. Sutton lives in Colorado with her two rescue dogs. She has received multiple awards for her work, and she graduated with a master’s degree in Creative Writing from Hamline University. K.J. also writes young adult novels as Kelsey Sutton.When she isn’t writing in a coffee shop, K.J. spends her time traveling the world and working at a vet clinic. She is best known for her Fortuna Sworn series. Visit her at ","slug":"kj-sutton","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/kj-sutton","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:50.990952","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27392,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Melissa_F._Miller.png","name":"Melissa F. Miller","bio":"USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller is a former attorney who traded the practice of law for the art of telling stories.She is the author of more than two dozen bestselling legal thrillers, suspense thrillers, romantic comedic mysteries, and forensic thrillers. All her work shares two common threads: pulse-pounding, tightly plotted action and smart, unlikely heroines and heroes.Her books feature such diverse protagonists as a pint-sized attorney and mother of twins who’s trained in Krav Maga; a Native American government investigator who relies on her heritage to guide her when the chips are down; a Buddhist forensic pathologist who refuses to harm any living creature; and a trio of twenty-something sisters just starting out in their careers who find murder and mayhem wherever they go.She's edited medical, scientific, and technical journals, as well as educational books; clerked for a federal judge; worked for major international law firms; and run a two-person law firm with her lawyer husband.Now, powered by coffee, she writes crime fiction and homeschools her children. When she's not writing, and sometimes when she is, Melissa travels around the country in an RV with her husband, three kids, and their cat.To find out when Melissa releases a new book, visit  and sign up for her email newsletter.","raw_bio":"USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller is a former attorney who traded the practice of law for the art of telling stories.She is the author of more than two dozen bestselling legal thrillers, suspense thrillers, romantic comedic mysteries, and forensic thrillers. All her work shares two common threads: pulse-pounding, tightly plotted action and smart, unlikely heroines and heroes.Her books feature such diverse protagonists as a pint-sized attorney and mother of twins who’s trained in Krav Maga; a Native American government investigator who relies on her heritage to guide her when the chips are down; a Buddhist forensic pathologist who refuses to harm any living creature; and a trio of twenty-something sisters just starting out in their careers who find murder and mayhem wherever they go.She's edited medical, scientific, and technical journals, as well as educational books; clerked for a federal judge; worked for major international law firms; and run a two-person law firm with her lawyer husband.Now, powered by coffee, she writes crime fiction and homeschools her children. When she's not writing, and sometimes when she is, Melissa travels around the country in an RV with her husband, three kids, and their cat.To find out when Melissa releases a new book, visit  and sign up for her email newsletter.","slug":"melissa-f-miller","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/melissa-f-miller","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:51.381963","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27393,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Jewell_Parker_Rhodes.png","name":"Jewell Parker Rhodes","bio":"Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream.Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. Her other books include Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. She has also published six adult novels, two writing guides, and a memoir. Jewell has received numerous honors including the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. When she’s not writing, she’s visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching writing at Arizona State University, where she is the Piper Endowed Chair and Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.","raw_bio":"Jewell Parker Rhodes has always loved reading and writing stories. Born and raised in Manchester, a largely African-American neighborhood on the North Side of Pittsburgh, she was a voracious reader as a child. She began college as a dance major, but when she discovered there were novels by African Americans, she knew she wanted to be an author. She wrote six novels for adults, two writing guides, and a memoir, but writing for children remained her dream.Now she is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. Her other books include Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic. She has also published six adult novels, two writing guides, and a memoir. Jewell has received numerous honors including the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. When she’s not writing, she’s visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching writing at Arizona State University, where she is the Piper Endowed Chair and Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. 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Sign up for the Atwater Scandal Sheets at oliviaatwater.com and get ongoing updates, along with the exclusive novella The Latch Key.","raw_bio":"Olivia Atwater writes whimsical historical fantasy with a hint of satire. She lives in Montreal, Quebec with her fantastic, prose-inspiring husband and her two cats. When she told her second-grade history teacher that she wanted to work with history someday, she is fairly certain this isn't what either party had in mind. She has been, at various times, a historical re-enactor, a professional witch at a metaphysical supply store, a web developer, and a vending machine repairperson.Searching for more Regency faerie tales? Sign up for the Atwater Scandal Sheets at oliviaatwater.com and get ongoing updates, along with the exclusive novella The Latch Key.","slug":"olivia-atwater","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/olivia-atwater","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:52.122696","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27395,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Katherine_Webber.png","name":"Katherine Webber","bio":"Katherine Webber was born in Southern California in 1987. She has lived in Hong Kong, Hawaii, and Atlanta. She currently lives in London with her husband, Kevin, and their young daughter. In addition to her YA, Katherine also co-writes young fiction, as Katie Tsang, with Kevin.  Katherine studied Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis and Chinese literature and language at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has worked at an international translation company, a technology startup, and a reading charity. She now writes full time. She loves an adventure, whether it is found in a book or in real life and has travelled to over 45 countries. Travel, books, and eating out are her favourite indulgences.","raw_bio":"Katherine Webber was born in Southern California in 1987. She has lived in Hong Kong, Hawaii, and Atlanta. She currently lives in London with her husband, Kevin, and their young daughter. In addition to her YA, Katherine also co-writes young fiction, as Katie Tsang, with Kevin.  Katherine studied Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis and Chinese literature and language at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has worked at an international translation company, a technology startup, and a reading charity. She now writes full time. She loves an adventure, whether it is found in a book or in real life and has travelled to over 45 countries. Travel, books, and eating out are her favourite indulgences.","slug":"katherine-webber","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/katherine-webber","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:52.684055","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27396,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Little_Chmura.png","name":"Little Chmura","bio":"","raw_bio":null,"slug":"little-chmura","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/little-chmura","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T18:50:53.135135","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":27397,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Sajni_Patel.png","name":"Sajni Patel","bio":"Sajni Patel is an award-winning author of women’s fiction and young adult books. 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