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| − | '''Elizabeth Donald''' (born 1975) is an award-winning [[United States|American]] author, best known for writing vampire mystery fiction. Her first novel, ''Nocturnal Urges'' was nominated for multiple awards, and won the 2004 Darrell Award, presented at [[MidSouthCon]].
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| − | ==Biography==
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| − | She was born in 1975 in [[Merced, California]], the older of two children to Ralph Donald, a professor of [[mass communications]] at [[SIUE]], and Patrice Stribling, a classical [[pianist]]. Donald attended [[Bryn Mawr School]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and then [[Westview High School (Tennessee)|Westview High School]] in [[Martin, Tennessee]], graduating in 1993. She next attended the [[University of Memphis]], initially studying theater, and then transferring to the [[University of Tennessee at Martin]] to study journalism.
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| − | Her first novel, ''Nocturnal Urges'', was published in 2004 as an ebook. Since then, she has seen several books published online and two in print. She has won the Darrell Award for horror and science fiction twice and has been a finalist for several other awards.
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| − | She has one son, born in 1999. Currently divorced, she works at the [[Belleville News-Democrat]] newspaper in [[Illinois]].[http://www.protect.org/articles/belleville_nd.shtml]. Her uncle, [[Michael Stribling]], is an award-winning New Age musician.
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| − | ==Works==
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| − | * ''Nocturnal Urges'', 2004, ebook, Ellora's Cave Publishing
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| − | ** Winner of the 2004 Darrell Award
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| − | ** Finalist for the 2004 Prism Award
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| − | ** Rereleased in 2005 by Cerridwen Press
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| − | * ''A More Perfect Union'', 2005, ebook, Ellora's Cave Publishing
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| − | ** Finalist for the 2005 Darrell Award
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| − | ** Rereleased in 2005 by Cerridwen Press
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| − | * ''Setting Suns'', 2006, anthology, New Babel Books
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| − | ** ISBN 0-9720197-6-6
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| − | ** Winner of the 2006 Darrell Award for the story, "Wonderland"
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| − | * ''Tandem'', 2006, ebook, Ellora's Cave Publishing
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| − | ** Also appears in "Sultry Summer Fun," a print anthology published in May 2007
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| − | * ''Nocturne,'' 2006 Cerridwen Press (this is a compilation of ''Nocturnal Urges'' and ''A More Perfect Union'')
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| − | ** ISBN 1-4199-5404-0
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| − | * ''ABADDON,'' 2007, ebook, Cerridwen Press
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| − | ** ISBN 9781419911224
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| − | ==References==
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| − | * [http://www.elizabethdonald.com Official website]
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| − | * [http://www.newbabelbooks.com/authors.html Author bio] at New Babel Books
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| − | * [http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~timgatewood/sf/darrell/2005_results.html Darrell Awards]
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=45740047 Myspace profile]
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| − | * [http://bellevillenewsdemocrat.typepad.com/culturegeek/ CultureGeek pop culture blog]
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