Colleen Gleason

Colleen Gleason
Born	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Genre	Vampire romance, young-adult fiction, science fiction
Notable works	The Gardella Vampire Chronicles
Website
www.colleengleason.com

Colleen Gleason is an American writer.

Biography

Colleen Gleason lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan^[1] with her husband and children.^[2][3] She has a degree in English and a MBA from the University of Michigan.^[1] She started writing in primary school and wrote nine complete stories before selling the first book of her The Gardella Vampire Chronicles^[3] series to a division of Penguin Books, which published it in January 2007:^[3] the series arrives at a conclusion on March 2009. In 2008 she wrote a short story, a prequel to the series, titled In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead, published first in the Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance, then as Victoria Gardella: Vampire Slayer. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in sales and marketing and started her own business^[3] in the insurance field.^[4]

In 2010, she started the six-novel series The Envy Chronicles, written using the pen name Joss Ware. In 2011, she wrote The Regency Draculia trilogy.

She has also written short stories. In 2010, she collaborated with Mary Balogh, Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany in a paranormal tribute to Jane Austen, writing "Northanger Castle" for the book Bespelling Jane Austen, published on October 1, 2010.^[5]

Books

Series

The Gardella Vampire Chronicles

• The Rest Falls Away (January 2, 2007)
• Rises the Night (June 2, 2007)
• The Bleeding Dusk (February 5, 2008)^[6]
• When Twilight Burns (August 5, 2008)^[3]
• As Shadows Fade (March 3, 2009)
• Roaring Midnight (June 18, 2013)

Envy Chronicles

• Beyond the Night (2010)
• Embrace the Night Eternal (2010)
• Abandon the Night (March 2010)
• Night Betrayed (January 2011)
• Night Forbidden (August 2012)^[7]

The Regency Draculia Series

• The Vampire Voss (March 22, 2011)
• The Vampire Dimitri (April 19, 2011)
• The Vampire Narcise (May 24, 2011)

Medieval Herb Garden

• Lavender Vows (2011)
• Sanctuary of Roses (March 15, 2011)
• A Whisper Of Rosemary (April 1, 2011)

Stoker & Holmes

• The Clockwork Scarab (September 17, 2013)
• The Spiritglass Charade (October 4, 2014)

Novels

• Siberian Treasure (February 4, 2011)
• The Cards of Life and Death (March 4, 2011)
• The Shop of Shades and Secrets (May 3, 2011)

Short Stories

• "In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead" in The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance (2008)^[8]
• "Northanger Castle" in Bespelling Jane Austen (2010)^[9]

References

1. "Colleen Gleason - About Colleen Gleason". Retrieved 3 June 2012.
2. "Colleen Gleason" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2012.
3. "Interview with author Colleen Gleason by Melissa A. Bartell". August 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
4. "I BlueNocturne di ottobre" (in Italian). 30 October 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
5. "The Gardella Vampire Chronicles". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
6. "An Interview with Colleen Gleason, Author of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles - Page 3". 2 October 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
7. "Joss Ware Books". Retrieved 2 June 2012.
8. "The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
9. "Bespelling Jane Austen". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Official website (as Joss Ware)
• Colleen Gleason at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database