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NTRWA
January 2004 Spotlight On...
CATHERINE
SPANGLER
by Juliet Burns
If you go to
her
website, you can read all about how
Catherine Spangler grew up in Alabama. How her father worked for NASA and
how being around the space program influenced her interest in outer space
and the future. It tells how she was a voracious reader and started
writing romantic fantasies when she was twelve, but stopped writing in
college after a creative writing teacher told her she was going about it
all wrong.
But
talking to this vivacious woman about her life and her books was an
energizing experience that opened up whole new worlds.
Catherine
is a vibrant bundle of energy wrapped up in a beautiful petite package.
Like the heroines in her novels, she is not only feisty, but caring.
Strong, but tender.
After marriage, two children, and a career in accounting, she was
looking at a local community college catalog and noticed a class called,
“How to write a book and get it published.” She went to the one-day
seminar and started writing again. In 1993, she joined
RWA® and
DARA, and 7 years
later sold her first book, SHIELDER.
Why
was she reading that catalog? No reason, just flipping through. Fate?
Destiny? Subconscious psychic abilities? Perhaps. Catherine is open to
the possibilities and believes strongly in the force for good in this
world. And obviously in other worlds too.
Her
SHIELDER books all seem to have a similar theme. Besides the strong,
honorable, sexy hero, sizzling sexual tension, space ships, and distant
planets, they all deal with good, or love if you will, triumphing over
evil. Catherine’s 2003 release, SHADOW CROSSING, is a thrilling,
emotional, story that will keep you on the edge of your seat—or in my
case, up all night.
And
next month, the fifth and possibly last book in her SHIELDER series will
be released, SHADOW FIRES. SHADOW FIRES has received 4 ½ Stars and is a
Top Pick by Romantic Times Magazine! Catherine says this is her darkest
novel yet, containing slavery and torture, but she had to stay true to
her characters and the people and races she has created. If you haven’t
entered her Shielder world, you’re missing an unbelievable opportunity to
experience a fantastic world that will expand your perceptions and make
you believe in the possibilities waiting out there, just beyond the
horizon.
Visit
Cathy’s
website.
Postscript August 2005:
SHADOW FIRES was a 2005
RWA® RITA finalist
in the Best Paranormal category.
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