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Gwenda Bond (born July 12, 1976) is an American author and comic book writer. Her works consist primarily of young adult novels.

Life and career
Bond grew up in Jackson County, Missouri. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1999 and has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Bond worked in state government, before becoming a full-time author. She is married to science fiction and fantasy author Christopher Rowe.

Bond was a writer and critic for the Locus magazine and is a contributing writer for Publishers Weekly, among others. In 2012, Bond published her debut novel, Blackwood. A dark, witty coming of age story centers on 17-year-old, Miranda Blackwood, who begins to investigate the mass disappearance of 114 people when they suddenly vanish off Roanoke Island. In November 2012, Deadline announced that Bond's novel was in development as a television series by MTV, from Lionsgate Television and Kelsey Grammer's Grammnet Productions, with television writer Peter Calloway writing the TV adaptation.

In 2014, Bond published her third novel, Girl on a Wire. The novel is about Jules Maroni, a teenage high-wire walker teaming up with the son of a rival circus families to find the source of magical talismans, which brings bad luck to whoever possesses them. Bond's 2014 novel is part of her "Cirque American series" which features stand-alone novels centered on a different character in a unique modern circus. The series continues with, Girl in the Shadows, about an aspiring magician Moira Mitchell. In March 2016, it was revealed that Bond will also co-writer a four-issue comic book series with Kate Leth, with a new stand-alone story in the world of Cirque American. The comic series, Girl Over Paris, is set between the two novels and continues to follow high-wire walker, Jules Maroni when she is invited to an exhibition in Paris. Girl in the Shadows and Girl Over Paris was released in July 2016.

Bond was approached by DC Comics about writing a young adult novel series, starring DC Comics Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. The series, Lois Lane, reimagines her as a contemporary teenage girl, solving mysteries and becoming a reporter. Bond described the series as an origin story for the character. She revealed the first novel, Fallout, in August 2014 The book was published in 2015 and received positive reviews, with Kirkus Reviews praising the book: "A spectacular prose start for DC Comics' spectacular lady." Kirkus Reviews also named the book one of the "Best Teen Books of 2015" in the science fiction and fantasy category. In addition to the novel, Bond also wrote two prequel short stories, "Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art" and "Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction". The second book, Double Down, was released in 2016 which also received starred reviews. A third novel, Triple Threat, is scheduled for publication in May 2017.

In November 2015, Publishers Weekly revealed Bond and her husband Christopher Rowe will co-write a new children's book series, which focus on a trio of mystery-solving kids living in a luxury supernormal hotel. Bond became a writer for the Serial Box science fiction series "ReMade" in 2016.

Works

 * Fortunes's Favor - short story (2002)
 * Dear Aunt Gwenda - short series (2003–2011)
 * Blackwood (2012)
 * The Woken Gods (2013)
 * Supernormal Sleuthing Service: The Lost Legacy (2017)
 * ReMade (2016–present)

Cirque American series

 * Girl on a Wire (2014)
 * Girl in the Shadows (2016)
 * Girl Over Paris - 4 issue comic book series (2016)

Lois Lane series

 * Lois Lane: Fallout (2015)
 * Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art - short story (2015)
 * Lois Lane: Cloudy With a Chance of Destruction - short story (2015)
 * Lois Lane: Double Down (2016)
 * Lois Lane: Triple Threat (2017)