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About Me

I'm an author and journalist. By day, I work for the News-Democrat in the St. Louis area, covering a city beat, education and the environment. I am also the News-Democrat pop culture blogger, writing reviews of books, TV, movies, comic books and anything else that meets my fancy.
By night, I'm an author. Here's a short list of my stuff:
BOOKS:
Nocturnal Urges (Cerridwen Press, 2004)
A More Perfect Union (Cerridwen Press, 2005)
Setting Suns (New Babel Books, 2006)
Nocturne (Cerridwen Press, 2006)
Abaddon (Cerridwen Press, 2007)
The Dreadmire Chronicles (Spellbinder Books, 2009)
NOVELLAS:
Tandem (Ellora's Cave Publishing, 2006)
The Cold Ones (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2009)
SHORT STORIES
"Weathergirl," Cover of Darkness
"Bargaining With Spiders," Twilight and Thorns
"Silent," Thirteen Stories, reprinted Aoife's Kiss Magazine
"Wonderland," winner of the 2006 Darrell Award
"Muse City: I Live With It Every Day," co-written with Jason R. Tippitt, Distinctive Fiction
"Jesus Loves Me," The Murder Hole
"Vertigo," DogEar Magazine
"Deep Breathing," Del Rey Books Workshop Feature
AWARDS:
Darrell Award, Best Novella, "Abaddon," 2007
Darrell Award, Best Short Story, "Wonderland," 2006
Darrell Award finalist, Best Novel, "A More Perfect Union," 2005
Darrell Award, Best Novella, "Nocturnal Urges," 2004
Prism Award, finalist, "Nocturnal Urges," 2004
Essays, news stories and columns... I write stuff. If you want to know more about it, or me, check out these spots:
www.elizabethdonald.com
bnd.com/culturegeek
literaryunderworld.blogspot.com

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Dreadmire presale open!

Okay, folks, here's the way it's gonna go:There will be a special first edition of THE DREADMIRE CHRONICLES available only at BabelCon in Baton Rouge, July 17-19. This will be an extremely small print...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:22:00 GMT

Charity Short Story Sale!

Most of you know I'm a team captain for Relay for Life, the primary fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. We're in the homestretch, and my team is small but mighty. But last year Relays were dow...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 22:07:00 GMT

a request

The one thing repeated to me most often at Jennie's funeral yesterday was the hope that "Miracle Girl" goes viral, gets picked up by the Associated Press, etc. In the hopes that more people a) decide ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:15:00 GMT

"Miracle Girl"

http://www.bnd.com/yourlife/story/674585.html Jennie Sutton died Sunday holding her mother's hand. She died waiting for a lung transplant. This is about Jennie, and about the little spot on the back o...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:27:00 GMT

Conflation!

Just a heads-up to those who only watch me on MySpace that I'll be at Conflation in St. Louis Feb. 20-22. I'll have my room set up as a bookstore with coffee and tea, so drop by and say hello! (And bu...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:48:00 GMT

A serious holiday wish.

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with thrombophilia last year. I've been informed this means I will never be able to give blood again. This is a great disappointment to me, as I've always believed...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Amazon! Tour! Sales! Whee!

ABADDON is finally available on Amazon! Woo hoo!Yes, you can still order it from me. Yes, Amazon's offering it two bucks cheaper, but you don't get it signed. No, I don't care. Here's what I do care a...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:38:00 GMT

Tentative Archon Schedule

THURSDAY7-10 p.m. Abaddon Book Release Event!!! 408 W. Main St., Collinsville - be there! Sure to be a fantastic time.FRIDAY1:30 p.m. What Makes a Compelling Novel (GC Salon D)with Haley Garwood and A...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Abaddon teaser!

Want a little something to read as you wait for the weekend to start?Download the first chapter of ABADDON!Go on, it's okay. No one will bite you. Unless you WANT them to. If you like what you read, y...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:46:00 GMT

Abaddon book release party!

Join us in Collinsville on the eve of Archon to celebrate the release of my new book!WHAT: Book release party celebrating the release of ABADDON, the next installment in the Nocturnal Urges vampire se...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:37:00 GMT