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Ever wondered how you could find great new books and authors without browsing through a ton of library shelves?

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Author Directory also has an online book store so you can purchase books direct from this site.

Click on a genre below for links to authors web pages

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Fantasy - click here if you want to access the websites to authors of fantasy books

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Non-Fiction - click here if you want to access the websites to authors of non-fiction books

Romance - click here if you want to access the websites to authors of romance books

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New Authors

 

Below you will find sample chapters from the books of new authors.

Sample Chapter (lynne North)

Gertie Gets it Right (eventually)

Gertie was a witch. At least, she was supposed to be a witch. As her mother had told her at a very early age, she came from a long line of witches. A fairly crooked line maybe, but a long one all the same. Gertie's mother was a witch, of course....................................

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Sample Chapter (lynne North)

Zac's Destiny

Zac awoke with a start. Raised voices sliced through the darkness as booted feet hurried across the cobblestones of the castle's courtyard.
This is it, thought the boy, but I'm not ready.
Fighting down the fear threatening to paralyse him where he lay on the straw of the stable floor....................................

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Lynne North - Zac's Destiny (Kindle Edition)

Book Description

Zac's Destiny is a children's sword and sorcery fantasy novel aimed at the nine years of age to mid teen market.
Zac is a fifteen year old stable boy whose life is turned upside down when he finds himself in the midst of demons, magic and a perilous quest. The land around Albemerle castle is under attack, and the only hope of survival for Zac and the people he loves is to find the great wizard, Aldric.
Men have already died trying.
Strange dreams mark the beginning of Zac’s life changing events. Armed with a magic sword, ring and crystal, he sets out with a group of soldiers to find Aldric. Demon attack almost ends Zac’s quest as soon as it begins.
Zac refuses to give up, and soon finds himself accompanied by unusual travelling companions. Many dangers bar their way. Only Zac’s determination and the unexpected help he receives can make it possible to find and free Aldric, and return for the final battle to save the land…
 

Joanna Cook - The Wrenolds of Elm Tree Cottage

Book Description

Do you know what a wren is? If you said it's a bird, you're correct! Mr. and Mrs. Wrenolds, who are wrens, have returned to Elm Tree Cottage. Mr. Wrenolds performs his annual ritual of finding seven prospective residences from which Mrs. Wrenolds will choose. For the past several years, they have lived in the tulip tree, but due to winter ice storms, part of it is gone. Grandma Wrenolds wants to try the oak tree, but Mrs. Wrenolds decides to go back to the tulip tree. They meet all their old friends from the cottage yard, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Axel B. Jaymes, Tony and Mary Hummingway, Alfred Ousley, and Sir Al Cardin. Will the tulip tree prove satisfactory when the Wrenolds' two children, Jake and Jackie, come along? And what will they all do when a tornado happens through?

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Lynne North - Gertie Gets it Right (eventually) (Kindle Edition)

Book Description

Gertie Gets it Right (eventually) is a children's humorous fantasy novel aimed at the eight years of age to young teen market. It also has a growing fan base of adult readers!
Gertie Grimthorpe comes from a long line of witches. Unfortunately, she hasn't really got the hang of it. Being blonde haired, blue eyed and free of warts isn't much of an advantage.
Try as she might, Gertie's spells fall flat. She manages to give her bat-headed umbrella the ability to talk, but then wishes she hadn’t when all he does is complain and insult people. Even finding an owl to be her Familiar doesn't help. Then again, he is extremely shortsighted…
Gertie is sent to The Academy to improve her spell casting skills. She soon has a best friend in the form of Bertha Bobbit, a big girl, with a matching appetite.
Add to that a Moat Monster with a flatulence problem, the weirdest array of witch's Familiars possible, and a warlock determined to ruin Gertie's chances of success, and the story unfolds.
Not to mention the demon...

 
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Keryl Raist - Sylvianna (Kindle Edition)

Book Description

Sarah Metz just got to Sylvianna College. She went in search of a biology degree. She found a group of wizards on the run from their past. They remember her. She doesn't remember them. Over the next year, she'll help them fight off the creatures trying to kill them, fall back into love with the man who used to be her husband, break the heart of her best friend while doing it, and maybe, if they're very, very lucky, not remember who she used to be.

Sylvianna is a modern day fantasy with a scorching hot romance and a deeply layered plot. Angels, demons, magic, sword fights, free will, destiny, and true love all weave into a complex tale of the search for redemption.

 
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Ruby Barnes - Peril (Kindle Edition)

Book Description

I balance on the precipice of life.

Friends and family have turned their backs on me and walked into the shadowland.

Police and thieves are shouting Jump, Ger. Do it.

GerryMcCullough - Belfast Girls

Book Description

'Belfast Girls' is the story of three girls - Sheila, Phil and Mary - growing up into the new emerging post-conflict Belfast of money, drugs, high fashion and crime; and of their lives and loves.

Sheila, a supermodel, is kidnapped. Phil is sent to prison. Mary, surviving a drug overdose, has a spiritual awakening.

It is also the story of the men who matter to them -

John Branagh, former candidate for the priesthood, a modern Darcy, someone to love or hate. Will he and Sheila ever get together? Davy Hagan, drug dealer, 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'. Is Phil also mad to have anything to do with him?

Although from different religious backgrounds, starting off as childhood friends, the girls manage to hold onto that friendship in spite of everything.

A book about contemporary Ireland and modern life. A book which both men and women can enjoy - thriller, romance, comedy, drama - and much more ....


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Edward McNally -The Sable City (The Norothian Cycle) (Kindle Edition)

Book Description

Tilda Lanai does not have great timing. For three grueling years she has honed the skills of a Guilder in the service of an Island Trade House, skills ranging from business to burglary. Now the sudden death of her House Lord threatens to unravel all of Tilda’s plans. The search for an exiled heir takes Tilda across a war-torn continent and to the gates of the Sable City, where centuries ago dark magic almost destroyed the world. Along with a sinister sorceress, a broken-hearted samurai, and a miscreant mercenary long on charm but lousy with a crossbow, Tilda must brave the demon-infested ruins to find the heir who may save her House. Only then can she return home to the life she thought she wanted.

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