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Colleen Cowley

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Colleen Cowley writes romantic fantasy in warped real-world settings with wizards, amazing women, swoony pining and swoopy coats.

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Any new books in the works? Loved your Clandestine Magic series and am yearning for more :)
Colleen Cowley Aww! I am working on another book in that world â€� slowly, because I'm a turtle-speed writer. (And there's a prequel and more-happy-ending story that m…m´Ç°ù±ðAww! I am working on another book in that world â€� slowly, because I'm a turtle-speed writer. (And there's a prequel and more-happy-ending story that my lovely newsletter subscribers get, if you haven't seen those yet: )(less)
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Have you written any virgin heroes I can check out?
Colleen Cowley Hi, Wendy! It depends on the definition. If it's "no sexual experience of any kind," then no. But the hero of the Clandestine Magic series does define…m´Ç°ù±ðHi, Wendy! It depends on the definition. If it's "no sexual experience of any kind," then no. But the hero of the Clandestine Magic series does define himself as a virgin.

(Um -- if you're looking for a book in which the hero REMAINS a virgin, this series doesn't qualify in any sense of the word.)(less)
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Down the rabbit hole (for eight years)

This is the problem with wild ideas: They tend to eat up your life.

I went down the rabbit hole for one of those ideas eight years ago, and I'm coming up for air now with a completed romantic fantasy trilogy. (What's been happening the past eight years? Anything I should know about?)

The Clandestine Magic series is for readers who like determined-as-heck female protagonists, problematic wizards, po Read more of this blog post »
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“I don’t know.â€� She frowned. “It’s exactly like a word on the tip of your tongue or a memory just beyond your grasp. Maddening.”
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“If you narrow someone’s options to nurse, schoolteacher, secretary or wife,â€� Beatrix said, “you’ll get Bettys who aim their ambition at powerful men, or in this case the son of one.”
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