CARA J. SWANSON

I was born in Colorado some number of years ago, and immediately leapt to work on my first story. I did not venture into self-publishing until 2006, however, when I formed Nighthawk/Raven Publishing to publish my first book, Blood Cult: Book I of the Elvestran Chronicles. I have since published the sequel, Daígu, a companion Dictionary, and am working on the third in the series which will be titled The Desert Wanderer. In the last two years I have published my first murder mystery, When Demons Dance, and an apocolyptic fiction book titled The Long Journey. I am a signatory member of the Green Press Initiative.

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I am often asked why I am not on social media. The truth is that I did try it for about a year, despite not being a fan of social media to begin with, and I found that it just took far too much of my time that was better spent elsewhere. In the end, there is just no replacement for actual human conversation.

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WHAT'S ON MY BOOKSHELF?

 

Seeing what an author reads is a window into their psyche. Not sure what that says about me! 

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I have two major categories of books I purchase; fiction that I know for a fact I will read again in the future (and again and again...) and nonfiction that teaches me something I feel is important to know. You may notice my nonfiction tastes fall into several definitive categories, and my fiction authors are a short list. This doesn't mean I don't read those authors or categories that fall outside of what you see here; just that something (or someone) has to truly resonate with me in order for me to justify to myself spending the money to own the book.