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Mary Buckham

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USA Today bestselling author Mary Buckham credits her years of international travel and curiosity about different cultures that resulted in creating high-concept urban fantasy and romantic suspense stories. Her newest Invisible Recruit series has been touted for the unique voice, high action and rich emotion. A prolific writer, Mary also co-authors the young adult sci-fi/fantasy Red Moon series with NYT bestseller Dianna Love. Mary lives in Washington State with her husband and, when not crafting a new adventure, she travels the country researching settings and teaching other writers. Don’t miss her latest reference book Writing Active Setting.

Currently she is neck-deep into writing an Urban Fantasy series centered around five women drafted ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 2,760 ratings · 474 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Characterization and Sensory Detail (Writing Active Setting #1) 4.25 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Break into Fiction: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells by Mary Buckham (Goodreads Author), Dianna Love (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Prison (Alex Noziak #0.5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emotion, Conflict and Back Story (Writing Active Setting #2) 4.29 avg rating — 205 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Magic (Alex Noziak #1) 3.66 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Action, Emotion, Surprise and More (Writing Active Hooks #1) 4.22 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Writer's Guide to Active Setting: How to Enhance Your Fiction with More Descriptive, Dynamic Settings by Mary Buckham (Goodreads Author), Dianna Love (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.36 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anchoring, Action, as a Character and More (Writing Active Setting #3) 4.35 avg rating — 141 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Power (Alex Noziak #2) 4.12 avg rating — 128 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete How-to Guide with Bonus Section on Hooks (Writing Active Setting #1-3) 4.71 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Invisible Series (8 books)
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Writing Active Setting (3 books)
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One Was a Soldier (Rev. Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries, #7)

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“I took a step back, shaking my head, wishing I could place a gnarly black hex on him. My daddy taught me better than that.”
― Mary Buckham, Invisible Magic

tags: magic, urban-fantasy, witches

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“Humans did not want to know about non-humans. Funny thing was most non-humans felt the same way, happy to hide their abilities and talents to avoid witch hunts and wholesale slaughter.”
― Mary Buckham, Invisible Magic

tags: magic, paranormal, urban-fantasy

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“M.T. Stone was the poster boy for what an assassin should look like.”
― Mary Buckham, Invisible Magic

tags: humor, magic, urban-fantasy-series

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“M.T. Stone was the poster boy for what an assassin should look like.”
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“Well hell. Her heart was melting and she'd never get the fickle organ back to a normal shape again.”
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