De-ann Black
Biography
De-ann Black is a bestselling author, scriptwriter and former newspaper journalist. Traditionally published for over 15 years.
She has over 40 books published, for adults (romance, crime thrillers, espionage/suspense novels) and children (non-fiction rocket science books, children's fiction and picture books).
Her books include Special Forces and crime thriller books - Guile, The Strife of Riley, and Moth to the Flame. Romantic comedies include - The Bitch-Proof Suit, The Cure For Love, and Oops! I'm the Paparazzi.
De-ann's latest children's fiction books are: Secondhand Spooks - December 32nd, Faeriefied, and School for Aliens.
She previously worked as a full-time newspaper journalist for several years. She had her own weekly columns in the press. This included being a motoring correspondent where she got to test drive cars every week for the press for three years.
She is also a professional artist and illustrator. And photographer.
Additionally, De-ann has always been interested in fitness, and was a fitness and bodybuilding champion, 100 metre runner and mountaineer. As a former N.A.B.B.A. Miss Scotland, she had a weekly fitness show on the radio that ran for over three years.
De-ann trained in Shukokai karate, boxing, kickboxing, Dayan Qigong, and Jiu Jitsu.
She splits her time between Scotland, Dublin and London.
Find out more at www.de-annblack.com
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Books
Electric Shadows
by De-ann Black
Price: $3.99 USD. 63870 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on April 12, 2012. Fiction.
Electric Shadows is an international thriller set in Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York and London – in a world filled with betrayal, espionage and British spies.
Jay, an American inventor based in Hong Kong, invents a retro-active video camera – a camera that can film the recent past, and becomes involved in the secret world of British spies and intelligence agents.
School For Aliens
by De-ann Black
Price: Free! 11720 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on March 5, 2012. Fiction.
Ten year old Max discovers that there is a secret school for aliens in his town.
Three main alien characters, Gruber, Zzipa and Spich (who’ve chosen their new Earthling names from a takeaway menu. Burger, Pizza and Chips have rearranged the letters of their names so they don’t seem like complete dimwits). These three main alien characters are learnin about the quirky and crazy ways of humans.
I'm Holding Out For A Vampire Boyfriend
by De-ann Black
Price: $1.50 USD. 22680 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 24, 2012. Fiction.
When seventeen year old Emme writes in her diary – I’m holding out for a vampire boyfriend, she thinks that her chances of finding one are slim to nothing.
But events at school, involving four handsome boys — Guin, D’ary, Cole and Von, and her best friend, Sophie, soon make her think again…
Heart of Ice
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 25360 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 10, 2012. Fiction.
When mountaineer, Reef Bretton, hired freelance photographer, Alex Russo, for an assignment, the last thing he expected – or wanted – was an attractive, young woman.
Set in New York and the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire, this modern and adventurous story asks – can love melt a heart of ice?
The Brunette Bombshell
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 25090 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 8, 2012. Fiction.
Twenty–six year old Sadie works as a newspaper journalist in the deadline crushing editorial department of a London tabloid.
As the new columnist, Sadie is sent to cover a feature about an upmarket hairdressing salon which is owned by the gorgeous but overly demanding Cosmo.
So begins Sadie’s double life. By day, she’s the newspaper journalist, and by night she’s the brunette bombshell.
Cast A Dark Shadow
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 43010 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 7, 2012. Fiction.
Cast A Dark Shadow is an action-packed and adventurous western novel, filled with mystery, killing and corruption.
When a stranger is found unconscious in Copperstone Creek with no form of identification, the townfolk name the man, Jay.
All he knows for sure is that he's fast with a gun and is a hard-hitting fighter. But what does that make him? A wanted criminal - or an upholder of the law?
The Strife of Riley
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 70760 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 4, 2012. Fiction.
In this action–packed, modern thriller, based in Scotland, John Riley is tasked by the Glasgow police force to investigate the killing of a man whose computer insists never existed.
Riley has a double-edged existence and a dark, adventure filled past. He’s a former member of the SBS - the Special Boat Service, one of the most secretive units of the British Special Forces.
Faeriefied
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 74770 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 4, 2012. Fiction.
The faeries of Whispering Wood plan to modernise themselves so that people will start believing in them again.
They ask a sprite to teach them about new technology, and inadvertently enlist the help of Finlay, an elficologist, along with Mrs Bell who owns the ice cream shop, and her shifty cat.
Written with a liberal dash of humor by bestselling author De-ann Black.
Poison-Wynd
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 36470 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 4, 2012. Fiction.
Poison-Wynd is set in present day Dublin, and the shadowy dystopian underworld, where extraordinary creatures haunt the city.
Thirteen-year-old Wil Dark is sent to Dublin to spend the summer with his unusual relative, Copper-man Carlisle, while his archaeologist father works abroad.
Poison-Wynd is packed with mystery, adventure, and phantom-like moths in an underworld deep below Dublin.
Secondhand Spooks - December 32nd
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 53130 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 4, 2012. Fiction.
Twelve-year-old Murphy Moss has a fascination for ghosts, mysteries and anything creepy. He ends up working a few hours a week at the Secondhand Spook shop. The shop's owner supplies ghosts, phantoms and other unworldly creatures to those who want to buy or hire them for special occasions.
Secondhand Spooks is filled with spooks, humour and all things ghostly.
The Bitch-Proof Suit
by De-ann Black
Price: $0.99 USD. 78970 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on January 2, 2012. Fiction.
The Bitch-Proof Suit is a fresh and exciting story with plenty of humor and romance - with all the charm of Dublin and glamor of New York.
When Blue (Bluebell) Byrne is up against the odds in the world of New York fashion marketing, she needs the ultimate in accessories - a bitch-proof suit.
Oops! I'm The Paparazzi
by De-ann Black
Price: Free! 34600 words.
Published by Toffee Apple Publishing on December 15, 2011. Fiction.
An Irish ex-boyfriend, a
New York newspaper editor,
a movie star, and a Hollywood agent -
the men in Phred’s life cause her nothing but trouble.
So the last thing she needs is to become one of the paparazzi.
When Dublin newspaper journalist, Phred, is dumped by her Irish boyfriend, Finbar, she runs off to New York to make a fresh start.
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