Title- Blood and Scales: An Anthology
By- Allana Kephart & Melissa Simmons, E.C. Hibbs, Jacinta Maree,
Victoria Escobar, Susan Burdorf, Luke McCallin, C.L. Matthews, Ruthi Kight,
J.K. Radaylac, Bobbie Palmer
Genre- Mature YA/NA Fantasy
Blurb
Dragons are a race of mythical creatures shrouded in magic and
mystery. Whether good or evil, countless stories have been written detailing
their majesty. For centuries, mankind has searched for the facts regarding the
true nature of these fantastic beasts.
Today, another quest for knowledge has struck our attention; a cure
for diabetes. In this dragon themed anthology, eleven authors have come
together to create this collection of short stories to benefit the American
Diabetes Association.
C.L. Matthews resides in Utah,
the state with the best snow on earth. She is not a fan of the snow but loves
her state just the same. She is known for her swag business and creative
pieces. C.L. Matthews is a college student, swag maker, and new author, it
isn't an easy task but she wants to succeed in many things. Her hobbies consist
of crafting, drinking coffee until she can't consume any more, and reading
until she falls asleep with books in her lap. C.L. Matthews is married to her
childhood best friend, she got her happily ever after.
Allana Kephart has been making
things up and bending people to her will from a very young age. She loves animals and reading and spends a
large amount of time thinking up ways to torment her characters. She shares a
brain, a love of coffee and the color purple with her alter ego/best
friend/co-author, Melissa Simmons.
Melissa Simmons is an avid
reader who married her soul mate and is the proud mother of a spoiled cat. She spends her days helping promote
independent authors and doing what the voices in her head tell her to. She
shares a brain, a love of coffee and the color purple with her alter ego/best
friend/co-author, Allana Kephart.
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Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but with the ability
to claim eight states as home; Victoria
Escobar writes fiction from her current home in New York. She writes whatever
comes to mind and because of such has a variety of genres written including
Young Adult, New Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, and Contemporary Fiction.
In spare time if not with family, and friends Victoria
enjoys curling up with a book from a favorite author with music playing. If not
reading or writing she spends time drawing, sketching, crocheting, or some
other random art project. She enjoys staying busy, but most of all enjoys
staying creative.
Self confessed chocaholic, Jacinta
Maree was born and raised in Melbourne Australia with her loving family of
five. Even as a child Jacinta had an itch to write. Writing was the one
constant hobby she clung to, also trying her hand at piano, flute, tennis,
horseback riding and drama.
Jacinta works full time in the family business and spends her
afternoons either playing basketball, reading, writing or hanging out with
friends. She is always happy to try something new; getting her real estate
license, practicing ninjitshu, Zumba and parkour to name a few.
For her future, Jacinta sees herself writing. It is a large part of
her identity and something she hopes to continue. Aside from her love of
stories she loves Japan and its unique and beautiful culture and history. From
their delicious sushi dishes right down to their wooden sandals and kimonos.
She is also a huge cat person and loves to snuggle up in front of the fire for
a good movie or book. Her favorite genres are paranormal and fantasy but she
also loves anything written by thriller writer, Stephen King.
E. C. Hibbs has lived all
her life in Cheshire, north-west England. A lover of stories from an early age,
she wrote her first 'book' when she was five, and throughout school was a
frequent visitor to the younger classes to read her tales to the children.
Living so near the coast, she loves anything to do with the sea. She
studied Animal Behaviour at university and longs to work with marine mammals in
the future. As well as nature and animals, she also has a soft spot for
history, and loves paying visits to castles, cathedrals and museums.
There are many things she could be without, but writing isn't one of
them. She carries a pen everywhere, in case an idea appears, and takes pride in
still seeing the world as brimming with magic. Besides writing, she reads
obsessively, her favourite genres being the classics and all kinds of fantasy.
She also enjoys Disney and horror films, practising Shotokan karate, drawing,
archery, and playing with her very cheeky kitten.
Luke McCallin was born in
England, grew up in Africa, was educated around the world, and has worked with
the UN as a humanitarian relief worker and peacekeeper in the Caucasus, the
Sahel, and the Balkans. His experiences have driven his writing, in which he
explores what happens to normal people put under abnormal pressures, inspiring
a historical mystery series built around an unlikely protagonist, Gregor
Reinhardt, a German intelligence officer and a former Berlin detective chased
out of the police by the Nazis. THE MAN FROM BERLIN was published in 2013,
followed by a sequel, THE PALE HOUSE, in 2014.
Luke was surprised as anyone that his first book was an historical
detective novel, seeing as he'd grown up with Tolkein, Donaldson and CS Lewis
and Anne McCaffrey! A dragon story is just the ticket to get back to what he
always thought he would write!
Twitter- @susanburdorfauthor
Ruthi Kight currently lives
in her hometown of Columbia, SC, with her fiancé and five year old daughter. She
has an unhealthy addiction to books, music, and chocolate, but not necessarily
in that order. When her dream of being a rock star didn't work out, she focused
on her other passion: writing. She is the author of Knotted Roots, a YA Coming
of Age story, and is currently working on two other novels that are due out
this year.
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