Shannon
Drake New York Times and USA
Today best-selling author Heather Graham, who also
writes as Shannon Drake, majored in theater arts at the University
of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater,
back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth
of her third child and began to write. Her first book was with
Dell, and since then, she has written over one hundred novels
and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance,
vampire fiction, time travel, occult, and Christmas family fare.
She is pleased to have
been published in approximately twenty languages. She has written
over 100 novels and has 60 million books in print. She has been
honored with awards from Walden Books, B. Dalton, Georgia Romance
Writers, Affaire de Coeur, Romantic Times, and more. Heather has
also become the proud recipient of the Silver Bullet from Thriller
Writers. Heather has had books selected for the Doubleday Book
Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed,
or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, Mystery
Book Club, People, and USA
Today and appeared on many newscasts including Today, Entertainment
Tonight, and local television.
Heather loves travel
and anything that has to do with the water, and is a certified
scuba diver. She also loves ballroom dancing. Each year she hosts
the Vampire Ball and Dinner theater at the RT convention raising
money for the Pediatric Aids Society, and in 2006 she hosted the
first Writers for New Orleans Workshop to benefit the stricken
Gulf region. She is” thrilled” to be a Thriller Killerette
in the Thriller Killer Band, and she is also the founder of “The
Slush Pile Players,” presenting something that’s almost
like entertainment for various conferences and benefits. Married
since high school graduation and the mother of five, her greatest
love in life remains her family, but she also believes her career
has been an incredible gift, and she is grateful every day to
be doing something that she loves so very much for a living.
The Death
Dealer, a hardcover, sequel to The
Dead Room, was released April 2008. The Flynn
Brothers Trilogy will be released in late September, Deadly
Gift in late October, Deadly Harvest in
early November, and in late November, Deadly Night.
Web Site: www.theoriginalheathergraham.com
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