Celestial Bodies (27 page)

Laura Resnick is the author of many books, short stories, articles, and columns. Her Esther Diamond urban fantasy series, which features the supernatural misadventures of a struggling actress in New York, has received enthusiastic praise from
Library Journal
and
Publishers Weekly
. The author’s epic fantasy novels include
In Legend Born
,
The White Dragon
, which made several “Year’s Best” lists, and
The Destroyer Goddess
, which
Publishers Weekly
describes as “a marvel of storytelling.”

Before she began writing fantasy, Resnick was the award-wining author of more than a dozen contemporary romance novels, which she wrote under the pseudonym Laura Leone. Her romance novel
Fallen From Grace
was a Rita Award finalist and has been listed by DearAuthor.com as one of the best 100 novels in the genre.

A longtime opinion columnist, Resnick’s book
Rejection, Romance, and Royalties: The Wacky World of a Working Writer
is a collection of her previous essays about the writing life and the publishing industry.

You can find her on the Web at:
www.LauraResnick.com