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Kathryn Bouse Le Veque (author)
Kathryn Elizabeth Bouse Le Veque is an author of Historical Romance and Contemporary Action/Adventure Romance and is one of Amazon's top-selling authors for Kindle. She is what is termed an "Indie" author, or independent author free of traditional literary representation. Kathryn was born April 7, 1964 in Glendale, California.

Kathryn was raised in Pasadena, California and attended Pasadena High School, Pasadena City College, and the University of Southern California. She began writing at an early age as a hobby, inspired by writers such as Ray Bradbury, Virginia Henley, Clive Cussler, and Bertrice Small. Kathryn's grandmother, Hester Kuhn Bouse, was a big inspiration on her decision to become a novelist, as she states, "my grandmother had arthritis really bad and couldn't do much, but she could read. I remember her with Barbara Cartland novels in her hand constantly."

Kathryn is a published technical writer through NASA/JPL. Her big break with fiction writing came in 2012 with Amazon for Kindle. To date, she has published 34 novels for Kindle and has sold or circulated in excess of 200,000 copies. She has fans and readers all over the world, including male readers (unusual for a romance author) because her novels are action-packed and, at times, battle-intensive. Her novels are all historically accurate and extensively researched. Kathryn has taken criticism for her realistic portrayal of Medieval times, but she has won much praise for it as well. Kathryn's characters are well-fleshed out, emotionally flawed at times, yet always engaging and inspirational.

Kathryn's unique signature with most, if not all, of her novels is the fact that most of her novels have cross-over characters, and nearly all of them are related. This means that the hero from one book can and will show up as a friend, relative, or acquaintaince in another book. However, the storylines of the two books having nothing to do with each other and need not be read in any particular order. In general, there is no particular reading order for Kathryn's novels with the exception of the Dragonblade Trilogy and the Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton Action/Romance series.

Kathryn's most notable novels to date are "The Dark One: Dark Knight", "Rise of the Defender", "The Wolfe", "Unending Love", "The Dark Lord", "Lespada", "Dragonblade", "The Savage Curtain", "Island of Glass", and the contemporary romance American Heroes series. She has also written a series called the Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton Romance/Adventure series revolving around a media-savvy Biblical Archaelogist and her Egyptologist husband. Two of Kathryn's novels, "Lady of Heaven" and "Lespada", are being converted into screenplays.

Kathryn currently resides in La Verne, California.

Stand alone novels (with potential cross over characters): Archangel, Darkling I listen, For Love and Honor, Great Protector, Guardian of Darkness, Lady of Heaven, Lespada, Lord of the Shadows, Rise of the Defender, Spectre of the Sword, The Dark Lord, The Dark One: Dark Knight, The Falls of Erith, The Gorgon, The Legend, The Whispering Night, The Wolfe, Unending Love, While Angels Slept

Dragonblade Trilogy: Dragonblade, Island of Glass, The Savage Curtain, Fragments of Grace

American Heroes Series: Fires of Autumn, Purgatory, Resurrection, Sea of Dreams

Kathlyn Trent/Marcus Burton Action/Adventure Series: Valley of the Shadow, The Eden Factor, Canyon of the Sphinx

www.kathrynleveque.com