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Kerri Maniscalco

출생: March 21, 1982 – Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Kerri Maniscalco is an American author of young adult historical fantasy and gothic mystery, best known for the Stalking Jack the Ripper series and the Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy. Her work blends murder investigations, romance, and supernatural elements, helping make her a widely read contemporary voice in YA genre fiction.

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Kerri Maniscalco is an American novelist whose fiction grows out of an atmospheric upbringing and a visually oriented education. She was raised in New York’s Hudson Valley, in what she has described as a semi-haunted house outside New York City, and has traced her attraction to dark settings to that environment and to a family culture of reading. Her grandmother, mother, and regular childhood trips to libraries and bookstores helped make books central to her early life. In New York City she studied Fine Art before transferring into Communication Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, while also developing a serious interest in forensics, criminal justice, psychology, and historical research. ((https://kerrimaniscalco.com/bio/))

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Sinful. Secrets. Games. Spicy. Fun
-Q&A: Kerri Maniscalco, Author of 'Throne of the Fallen'
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Determination. Murder. Romance. Sacrifice. Redemption
-Q&A: Kerri Maniscalco, Author of 'Capturing The Devil'
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I love his cunning and his wit
-Q&A: Kerri Maniscalco, Author of 'Kingdom of the Cursed'
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Never give up. Never stop working on your craft. Stay humble
-Kerri Maniscalco: On Big Reveals in Fantasy Fiction
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I’ve also made peace with the fact that first drafts are messy, complicated heaps of words and ideas, and the real magic happens during revisions
-Escaping from Houdini Author Kerri Maniscalco talks Card Tricks, Flipping Tropes, and Devil's Deals with Stephanie Garber
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I’d love to go have high tea and talk about forensics and anything else that we felt like
-Author Interview with Kerri Maniscalco
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Tall, dark, and handsome: there is just something about it that we all connect with
-Romantasy Author Kerri Maniscalco Talks Next Book 'Throne Of Secrets'
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NEVER GIVE UP. EVER
-What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

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"School Library Journal called Kerri Maniscalco's debut "entertaining" and "full of twists and turns."

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