fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
author. Her first novel, ''Mad Kestrel'' (), was published in 2008 by
Tor Books
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. It was given a three-star rating by ''
Romantic Times
''Romantic Times'' was an American genre magazine specializing in romance novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love betwee ...
''. Massey has also published short stories in magazines.
Massey is one of the founding members of the blog, MagicalWords.net. Magical Words is dedicated to helping newer writers with all aspects of the craft and business of writing, and a book based on the blog, ''How To Write Magical Words: A Writer's Companion'' was published by Bella Rosa Books in 2011.
Massey lives in
South Carolina
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with her husband and son. She works as a
middle school
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librarian
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The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...
.Official media page Hobbies include
belly dancing
Belly dance (Egyptian Arabic: رقص بلدي, translated: Dance of the Country/Folk Dance, romanized: Raks/Raas Baladi) is a dance that originates in Egypt. It features movements of the hips and torso. It has evolved to take many different f ...
and playing a
pirate
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at
Renaissance fair
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Faith Hunter
Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American author and blogger, writing in the Fantasy literature, fantasy and Thriller (genre), thriller genres. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre.A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund R. Schubert
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