The Other Side of Truth (The Marked Ones Trilogy Book 3) (44 page)

About the Author

Alicia Kat Vancil
grew up in the heart of Silicon Valley where she amused herself by telling stories to anyone around her—her family, her friends…random strangers. Eventually she actually started writing those stories down instead of just spending hours hanging out in fake Ikea living rooms and telling her friends about them. Somewhere amongst all the character-torturing and epic explosions she managed to get a BFA in Illustration from the Academy of Art University and open a graphics studio (Multi-tasking for the win!).

Kat still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two very crazy studio cats, and nine overfull bookcases. And when not running amuck in the imaginary worlds within her head, Kat can usually be found frolicking in her general geekiness.

She makes her online home at
KatGirlStudio.com
. You can email her anytime at
[email protected]
  and you should totally geek out with her on Twitter at
@KatGirl_Studio
about cosplay, books, and Doctor Who.

You can also find Kat at any of the following eLocations:

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Kat is also the author of:

Beautiful Stranger

Daemons in the Mist

The Storm behind Your Eyes

The Other Side of Truth

At First Sight – 8 Book Box Set

“10 Keys to Standout Covers” Writer’s Digest’s 2015 Guide to Self-Publishing

Dedication

For everyone who ever dared to seek the truth, no matter the danger.

Acknowledgments

Writing this book was...rough. I’ve seen so many great trilogies shoot themselves in the foot in the last book and go limping quietly into the darkness, and I really didn’t want that for The Marked Ones. Which might be why this book took approximately thirteen months between when I started it last summer and today when I am writing this. I know it took much longer than it should have, but I really wanted it to end right. So without further ado, I would like to thank the following people for contributing to the herculean effort of making sure this book actually made it to publication.

My husband and best friend in all the world, for letting me bounce crazy ideas off of him for this book and everything else in the years to come. But mostly, for believing in me even when it was hard for me to believe in myself. For ensuring this book didn’t end up in project fatigue hell, and a dozen other things my tired brain is forgetting at the moment. Without you I probably would have given up on ever completing this book. My alpha and beta readers Scott, Gwyn, Chris, and Maureen, for telling me the parts you loved, and the parts you didn’t, and the parts that made you cry your eyes out. My editors Scott Aleric and Maureen, for pointing out plot holes, details I only actually wrote down in my head, and generally making this book as shiny and awesome as humanly possible. Madeline, for hanging out in fake Ikea living rooms and letting me tell you all about my stories for hours. It took a lot more guts than I will ever have to pick up and move 3000 miles away from everything you’d come to love. You will always be a part of our family, and we miss you so, so much! My NALitChat and Indelibles teammates and the Twitter community at large for your invaluable information, support and camaraderie; without you all, I don’t know how I would be able to work in the studio alone all day. My readers, followers, and fans, for your continued support of my work that lets me live this dream every day. The creators of Scrivener, for creating a writing program that seems especially designed for non-linear writers like me. Without you, my stories would be a horrid mess and take twice as long to write. The creators of Pinterest for creating a way to store my visual ideas and share them with the world. And as always, I am eternally grateful to my parents, Bob and Maureen Dillman for their unwavering support of all the things I do; from dance and theater lessons growing up to putting me through art school. You two are the best parents anyone could have.

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Alicia Kat Vancil

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