Avanti Centrae
Avanti Centrae | |
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| Born | March 1964 Paulding, Ohio |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Genre | Thriller, Action-Adventure, Mystery |
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| http://www.AvantiCentrae.com | |
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Avanti Centrae is an American novelist. She is the author of the VanOps (Vanguard Operations) thriller book series[1] and the controversial novel Cleopatra's Vendetta[2]. She began her writing career at the age of 50, and has won multiple international book awards.[3]
Biography[edit]
Centrae was born as Kathy Baker[4] in Paulding, Ohio in March 1964.
She graduated Valedictorian of Fremont High School in 1982 and earned a Computer Technology degree from Purdue University in 1986. Shortly after college, she moved to California, where she had a short stint as a journalist at a Sacramento, California weekly newspaper.[5]
While in her 20's, she legally changed her name from Kathy Baker to Avanti Centrae.[4]
She worked as a Silicon Valley IT executive before quitting, at the age of 53, to pursue her dream of being an author.[6]
Centrae has practiced kundalini yoga for more than 25 years,[7] has studied Aikido, and is a member of the Author's Guild[8], Sister's in Crime[9], and the International Thriller Writers. She resides in Northern California, where she is currently working on the fourth book of the VanOps series.[10]
Methods[edit]
Centrae has been recognized for her method of building story plots through detailed outlines; it took her about five years to complete her first novel after revising her outline many times.[11] She has compared her method of building and plotting a story to solving puzzles and remodeling homes.[12]
Awards[edit]
VanOps: The Lost Power[edit]
- Paranormal Book Awards Grand Prize for Supernatural Fiction at the 2017 Chanticleer International Book Awards.[13]
- Honorable Mention - 2018 Hollywood Book Awards.
- Bronze Medal - 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.[14]
VanOps: Solstice Shadows[edit]
- Grand Prize - 2019 Global Thriller Book Award - Chanticleer International Book Awards.[15]
- Bronze Medal - 2020 Readers' Favorite Awards for Fiction Adventure.[16]
VanOps: The Doomsday Medallion[edit]
- WINNER, POLITICAL THRILLER OF THE YEAR - BESTTHRILLERS.COM BOOK AWARDS[17]
- HONORABLE MENTION - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS[18]
- THRILLER FINALIST - BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARDS[19]
- GLOBAL THRILLER FINALIST - CHANTICLEER INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS[20]
- QUARTER-FINALIST - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BOOKLIFE PRIZE[21]
- THRILLER & ADVENTURE FINALIST - BEST BOOK AWARDS[22]
Cleopatra's Vendetta - A Stryker Thriller[edit]
- Global Thriller First Place Winner — Chanticleer International Book Awards[23]
- Runner Up — Paris Book Festival[24]
Bibliography[edit]
- VanOps: The Lost Power - Black Opal Books (2019) - ISBN 9781644371596 Search this book on
. - VanOps: Solstice Shadows - Thunder Creek Press (2020) - ISBN 9781734966251 Search this book on .
- VanOps: The Doomsday Medallion - Thunder Creek Press (2022) - ISBN 9781734966299 Search this book on .
- Cleopatra's Vendetta - A Stryker Thriller - Thunder Creek Press (2022) - ISBN 9798986316406 Search this book on .
References[edit]
- ↑ Columnist, Dan Barnett | Book (2020-01-09). "'VanOps: The Lost Power' a page-turning thriller | Biblio File". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ↑ https://menafn.com/1106010742/Controversy-Follows-Cleopatra-In-Fact-And-Fiction
- ↑ grant (2019-11-11). "Interview with Avanti Centrae, Author of VanOps: The Lost Power". NewInBooks. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ahoos@kpcmedia.com, Ashlee Hoos. "Award winning author has Fremont roots". KPCNews. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
- ↑ Authority Magazine (2020-01-08). "Author Avanti Centrae: "I want my readers to learn to develop emotional intelligence; to overcome…". Medium. Retrieved 2020-04-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Durkin, Tom. "The thrill is on: Local author Avanti Centrae writes suspense thrillers". www.theunion.com. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ Wiegman, Nancy (January 15, 2020). "Nancy's Book Shelf". NPR.org. Retrieved April 1, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Member Spotlight: Avanti Centrae". The Authors Guild. 2020-08-18. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ "Avanti Centre - Sisters in Crime". www.sistersincrime.org. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ↑ "Avanti Centrae asks How Far Would You Go to See the Future?". Blackbird Writers. 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ↑ "A Few Words With: Avanti Centrae". Rich Ehisen. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ↑ Naylor Hast, Millie. "Up Close: Avanti Centrae". THE BIG THRILL. Retrieved 2020-04-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chanticleer (2018-05-02). "Grand Prize Winners and First Place Winners for the Chanticleer International Book Awards 2017". Chanticleer Book Reviews. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
- ↑ "Winners 2019 | The Wishing Shelf Book Awards". www.thewsa.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chanticleer (2020-09-23). "GLOBAL Book Awards for High Stakes Thrillers – 2019 CIBAs". Chanticleer Book Reviews. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ "2020 Book Award Contest Winners". Readers' Favorite. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ https://bestthrillers.com/the-best-thriller-books-of-2022/
- ↑ http://www.southerncaliforniabookfestival.com/
- ↑ https://honorees.bookexcellenceawards.com/#!/2022-Finalists/c/129003501/offset=18
- ↑ https://www.chantireviews.com/2022/03/02/the-2021-global-thriller-book-awards-for-high-stakes-suspense-cibas-finalists/
- ↑ https://booklife.com/news/authors/10/21/2022/sixty-five-books-advance-to-the-booklife-prize-quarterfinals.html
- ↑ https://bestthrillers.com/the-best-thriller-books-of-2022/
- ↑ https://www.chantireviews.com/2021/06/10/global-thriller-book-awards-for-high-stake-thrillers-and-lab-lit-fiction-2020-ciba-award-winners/
- ↑ http://www.parisbookfestival.com/winners2021.html
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