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K.N. Salustro

Biography

K.N. SALUSTRO is a science fiction and fantasy author who loves outer space, dragons, and stories that include at least one of those things. When not writing or working at her day job, she runs an Etsy shop as a plush maker and makes art for her Redbubble shop, both under the name DragonsByKris. (She is serious about being a dragon fan.)

Her science fiction trilogy The Star Hunters was nominated for the Cygnus Awards, with each book in the trilogy receiving its own accolades. Most recently, Light Runner (the third book of the series) received an honorable mention in the Global eBook Awards. Chasing Shadows, the first book in the trilogy and K.N. Salustro's debut novel, was a quarter-finalist in the 2018 Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest, and won a silver medal in the 2019 Readers Favorite book awards in addition to receiving a 5-star review from the same platform.

K.N. Salustro has also written a spinoff novella called The Arkin Races, and is now officially moving into fantasy. Time to write some proper dragons into the books for a bit.

Smashwords Interview

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in a town in New Jersey. I'm not sure if I'd call it a small town since we have a pretty decently sized population, and it's expanded over more recent years, but it really doesn't have much going on. The actual "town" part is pretty much just a grocery store, a pharmacy, and some restaurants. We have a library and a soccer field but beyond that, not much going on. It's the kind of place where if you want to do anything relatively exciting, you have to get in your car and drive. Nothing is within walking distance.

Now, don't get me wrong, it's a really nice town and I'm glad that I grew up there, but considering what it's like, I'm really not surprised that I got into science fiction and fantasy as much as I did. I needed something exciting in my life, and I turned to books and movies within those genres. They offered an escape from the real world, and access to a place where the thing that made you powerful was your ability to imagine. It was refreshing and captivating, and it wasn't long before I was imagining my own worlds.

I've grown a lot as a person and as a writer, but the love for scifi and fantasy has stayed with me, and I really don't think that's ever going to change. Nor do I want it to.
Describe your desk
Hah, it's a mess. I used to keep my entire room amazingly neat when I was younger, but as I've grown older, my space has gotten more and more cluttered, the desk especially. It's one of those "organized messes", though. Maybe the problem isn't that I'm messy, but that I just don't have enough desk space!
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Where to find K.N. Salustro online

Website: http://www.knsalustro.com
Twitter: @knsalustro
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://knsalustro.wordpress.com/

Where to buy in print

https://www.amazon.com/K-N-Salustro/e/B00LUSZG96

Series

The Star Hunters by
Chasing Shadows
Price: $2.99 USD.
Unbroken Light
Price: $3.99 USD.
Light Runner
Price: $4.99 USD.

Books

The Star Hunters: The Complete Trilogy by
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 270,010. Language: English. Published: January 23, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
A fast-paced military science fiction series. Compiled digital box set of books 1-3 (main trilogy).
Tales from 2020 by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 33,550. Language: English. Published: April 23, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
From science fiction and fantasy author K.N. Salustro comes a collection of short stories written over the course of 2020. There are no plagues in these pages, the extreme weather comes from a mythical creature, and the biggest disaster you’ll see takes place on a spaceship when someone tries to make baked goods with an incendiary combination of ingredients.
The Arkin Races by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 42,700. Language: American English. Published: September 19, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » General
Rosaria "Ro" Dellaventura was born to race, and she is determined to leave her mark on the world of arkin racing. But it's a world that tries to lock her out. From cutthroat competition to her own secrets, Ro finds trouble at every turn, but she pushes harder than she ever has before to win. This time, she has too much to lose.
Cause of Death: ??? by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 80,330. Language: American English. Published: June 24, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » General
A darkly humorous fantasy murder mystery starring and narrated by Death. **Fantasy Category Winner, 2021 IndieReader Discovery Awards** **Silver Medal winner in the 2020 Global eBook Awards**
Light Runner by
Series: The Star Hunters, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 116,110. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » Military
The third book of the Star Hunters trilogy. A bounty hunter and an ex-military officer chase dangerous enemies across a galaxy torn by war. The hunt is on, and only the strong will survive. 2019 Global Ebook Awards Honorable Mention Winner.
Unbroken Light by
Series: The Star Hunters, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 87,980. Language: English. Published: November 18, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
(4.00 from 1 review)
The continuation of the story told in "Chasing Shadows." Galactic war draws closer as a military officer and a bounty hunter are forced into a shaky alliance by a mutual enemy.
Chasing Shadows by
Series: The Star Hunters, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 73,390. Language: English. Published: August 29, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
A bounty hunter and a military officer must struggle with and against each other under the looming threat of galactic war.

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