Super fun, unconventional author’s bio with the help of a few friends =D Draft 1

Crystal Connor grew up telling spooky little campfire style stories at slumber parties. Living on a steady literary diet of Stephen King, Robin Cook, Dean R. Koontz and healthy doses of cinema masterpieces such as The Birds, Friday the 13th, Hellraiser, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone it surprises no one that she ended up writing a horror novel!

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“Crystal is the perfect example of a friend, honesty & creativity and is a positive role model for both my son and me.”
--Christina Blodgett, The Evil Redheaded Angel who’s whispering in Crystal’s Ear.
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Crystal Yvonne Connor was born on the Fort Lewis Army post in Washington State, on August 28th 1970. After graduating from Victor Valley Senior High School in Victorville Ca, she too joined the military. She served her country in the United States Navy working as a boiler technician on board the USS McKee AS-41 assigned to the 7th fleet.

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“Crystal is a very creative and resourceful person who stands up for what she believes in and isn’t afraid to speak her mind. She is a joy to be around and always has better jewelry than everybody else.”
--Starre Ashley Lanton, Chief Enforcer for Crystal’s International Criminal Enterprise.
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While deployed at various ports-of-call throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East Crystal began to learn about other cultures’ monsters and nightmares and she uses her world travels and experiences to take the reader on a journey they might not otherwise be able to afford or brave enough to undertake.

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“Like all black Goddesses my sister is both creative and talented. Now that she is a rock star I just have three words: Bitches. Be. Ware.”
--Amani Darby, Crystal's Principle Partner in Crime & Literary Rival.
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Crystal Y. Connor, now living in Seattle has been writing short stories specializing in Urban Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror genres and poetry since before Jr. high School. Crystal’s latest short stories can be found both on her blog and website at:

http://wordsmithcrystalconnor.blogspot.com
www.thewordsmithcrystalconnor.com

Crystal belongs to both the Authors Anonymous and The Seattle Women’s writing groups and is an active member of The Critters Workshop. The Darkness, Crystal’s first full length novel, is published by Bennett and Hastings. Crystal’s current project, Artificial Light, the sequel to The Darkness will be released in 2011.