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Learn more about New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day...
Alyssa Day is the pen name (and dark and tortured alter ego) of RITA award-winning author Alesia Holliday. She is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels. She was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and spent her childhood moving all around the world with her family and her dad, who was in the U.S. Air Force, living in such varied and wonderful places as Colorado, the Philippines, Alaska, Turkey, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and probably a few other places she has forgotten. After graduating from The Ohio State University (go Buckeyes!) with a degree in sociology, she worked in the real world for a while but then went to law school, graduating summa cum laude from Capital Law School in Columbus, Ohio. She practiced law as a trial lawyer in three different states before deciding that she had more fun with the voices in her head than the ones in courtrooms. After marrying Navy Guy, she started on another round of adventures, moving from Ohio to Florida to Seattle to Florida to Virginia to Florida to Japan (so far!). |
Alyssa and her editor Cindy Hwang the night she won the RITA for best romantic novella
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A voracious reader, Alyssa has a collection of research books on mythology and history that nearly makes the moving guys cry when they come to pack up her house each time the Navy decides to send her family on a new adventure. When not writing or reading or driving white-knuckled on the left side of the road in Japan, she can be found watching reality TV, going to the movies (she adores really, really bad Sci-Fi movies), travelling, and trying new restaurants. She puts pictures of her adventures up on Facebook and Twitter, and loves to chat with readers, so be sure to join in the conversation! |
Her WARRIORS OF POSEIDON novels are published by Penguin books, under the Berkley imprint. ATLANTIS RISING was the first of the series, and was featured on the cover of the March, 2007, issue of Romantic Times BOOKClub magazine. All of the Warriors of Poseidon novels have rocked the bestseller lists and have been featured in the Rhapsody and Doubleday book clubs. The Warriors novels follow High Prince Conlan of Atlantis and his elite warriors as they protect humanity, save the world, and find amazing human women to fall in love with. (No mermaids, gills, or fish tails; these warriors are 100% pure alpha male!).
Alyssa’s exciting new project is THE LEAGUE OF THE BLACK SWAN, a romance/urban fantasy series coming soon that combines her love of the paranormal with a hot contemporary setting, and she’s so excited to share it with you. Deets coming soon!
Before Alyssa started writing dark and dangerous, her alter ego Alesia Holliday wrote fresh and funny! You’ll be able to check out her comedies, some available as e-books and some soon to be re-released in print, right after the first of the year. Some reviewers compared her comedic mystery, BLONDES HAVE MORE FELONS, to the Stephanie Plum series! (Alesia had to sit down and breathe into a paper bag upon hearing this news--she adores Janet Evanovich!) Stay tuned for exciting news about further books in the December Vaughn mystery series!
When she’s not playing in her paranormal worlds, Alyssa is the very busy mom to two brilliant children (chaperone the trip to Yokohama Science Museum? Sure!), the wrangler to a varying number of rescue pugs, and the wife of Navy Guy, who may be flying over an ocean near you in his mighty P 3 Orion at this very minute. For an up close and personal look at what life in the military is like for a family when one spouse/parent has gone to war, check out Alesia's soon-to-be re-released E-MAIL TO THE FRONT, in which she used her actual emails between she and her husband during two separate war time deployments.
And a personal note from Alyssa:
Konnichiwa! That’s hello or good afternoon in Japanese! Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my site and read this far. I'm having the best time of my life writing stories for people to read and enjoy. It took me four years of college, three years of law school, and several years of working in the "real world" to realize that the characters and worlds in my head would always be more fascinating to me than working for somebody else and pushing papers around a desk.
Alyssa with Mt. Fuji in the background |
So here I am, living near Tokyo, and having adventures! I’ll be home for several upcoming events, so sign up for my newsletter or check back frequently to see where I’m planning to be. I love to chat about books, movies, TV, and adventures on Twitter and Facebook so please join in the conversation.
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I love hearing from readers - you're the reason I do what I do.
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