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About Me

I'm a writer from the Chicago area. My first book is called "Stones of Abraxas" and it was released in July, 2006. "Stones of Abraxas" is a funny, exciting Young Adult fantasy novel about a brother and sister who discover that their boring, suburban father is really a secret guardian for the magical world of Abraxas. It's been getting great reviews, and I love hearing from readers about the book. There's lots of information about my writing, as well as excerpts from "Stones of Abraxas" and a short story at my webpage: www.kosbornsullivan.com

When I'm not writing, I also teach college-level political science. Yes, politics and fantasy have a lot in common so this is an easy transition for me.

I enjoy spending as much time as possible lounging around the house with my husband, son, and assorted formerly-stray cats.

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My Interests

Books, movies, TV, hiking, cats, good food and drink.

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I'd like to meet:

Readers and writers who will talk books with me. Folks with a great sense of humor who make me laugh.

Music:

Rock (old and new) and some alternative. The coolest CD purchases I've made recently were White Stripes and Mushroomhead

Movies:

Science fiction, fantasy, and funny stuff. Liked "XMen-3" better than the first two. "Serenity" is terrific! I've seen the first "Star Wars" so many times, I can say the dialog along with the characters.

Television:

Love TV! Favorite new show this season is the vampire drama Moonlight. And it's gotten me sucked into Numbers because they're back to back. Boston Legal, MXC on Spike TV, 30 Rock, The Office, The Daily Show and Colbert Report on Comedy Central, Smallville, American Idol (don't groan, you know you secretly watch it, too), Family Guy, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, and lots of HBO

Books:

Some of my favorite young adult books include: "Stones of Abraxas" is the greatest! Louise Rennison's series about Georgia Nichols' trials as an lovelorn English schoolgirl is hysterically funny. I can't forget Harry Potter (although I don't like the last one) and Artemis Fowl. Love the Bartimaeus books.

Heroes:

None - I don't want to put this kind of pressure on anyone.

My Blog

Wasting time online

Hi everyone! You know how sometimes you’ve got so much work to do that you can’t seem to get started? In the olden days, a person in that situation might have to find some meaningful&...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:25:00 PST

New Abraxas Publisher!

Great news, everybody! Tiger Publications has signed on to publish Book 2 in the Abraxas Pentagram series! Hurray! And they're going to be re-printing Book 1, too! I can't seem to stop using excl...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:21:00 PST

Finally finished Harry Potter

OK, so I'm about 6 months behind the rest of the world. What else is new? But I've finally finished reading the last Harry Potter book. It took me half a year to gear myself up to read it because...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:23:00 PST

Happy holidays and good news!

Hello and happy holidays to everyone! Today's the winter solstice, so I hope you're all tucked in nice and warm for three months of recuperation before we have to blossom again in the spring. I've go...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:15:00 PST

Hurray for free expression! Ban my book!

I know I've been uncharacteristically quiet for a while, but I've been buried in my nonfiction manuscript about Yugoslavia. The good news: Yesterday I finished it! Well, most it - I still have to...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:14:00 PST

My first-ever guest blog!

Hi everyone! I'm really excited about being a "guest blogger" at RavenHappyHour.com on Nov. 14. They're hosting real-life, true stories that are spooky. My story really happened to me in college and I...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:48:00 PST

Praying for lawmakers with a little common sense

Clearly the end is near. The Illinois General Assembly has just passed a law that requires public school children to waste time every school day with a "moment of silence." In other words, the lawmake...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:26:00 PST

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to everyone else in the world who was born on October 4! Personally, I think it's the best birthday in the world. We're Libras, which, according to people who claim to know about these ...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:32:00 PST

My new kids short story at StoriesForChildren.com!

Want something fun to read? Then head over to the great new FREE online magazine for kids, StoriesForChildren.com and check out the September issue. My favorite story is called "The Second Head." It's...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:55:00 PST

Back to School

In addition to writing, I also teach part-time. The college I work at started classes more than two weeks ago. My son's high school just started today. Finally! Don't get me wrong ...
Posted by K. Osborn Sullivan on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:30:00 PST