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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#669999" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Photos~~~</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7b05f8a0.jpg" border=0 width="95" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2012</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="65396d50.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2009</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="34a649e0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2007</B></div> <div> <B>My hair WAS growing out, and then I had a bad writing day and cut it all off with my sewing scissors!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="32d96a90.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>My hair's growing out!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="18e649a0.jpg" border=0 width="100" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>In "author" mode!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0ae96220.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="290" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Neither Rufus nor I are happy campers before our morning coffee...sorry, this is as close as I come to a glamour shot!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0af82cc0.jpg" border=0 width="130" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Much better than walking...I think Rufus is sitting on Doug's lunch.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0b1aa7f0.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>2001</B></div> <div> <B>Celebrating my 51st (</B><I><B>aaaarrrrggggghhhhh!) </B></I><B>birthday.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0bb78af0.jpg" border=0 width="120" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>THIS is how we keep Rufus humble...he knows I've got the negatives...</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.hardshell.com" 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</div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>More about Kate...</B></I></div> <div>        If you're at all interested in my long, sad (not really--I had a blast!) story about my even longer road to publication, it's all spelled out in a blog I did for my agent, Jessica Faust. You can read it here:  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/2007/07/bookends-talks-to-kate-douglas.html#links" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bookendslitagency.blogspot.com/20"><U>BookEnds Blog</U></A></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>And, since you've come this far....</B></I></div> <div>  ...the least I can do is tell you a little bit about myself. I am a writer. I think I've always been a writer. It's woven into my fabric in some inescapable manner so that it defines everything I think or do. I'm also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a fairly decent photographer and a pretty good cook...over the course of my sixty-plus years I've been a student, a florist, a bookkeeper, a newspaper reporter, a cartoonist, a hostess in a winery tasting room (now THAT'S the place to find stories!) and a teacher~~but first and foremost, I am a writer...though I must admit, Gramma--or Dabba, as I'm called--is a close second! I've updated the<A HREF="#2011_family_photo" TITLE="More about Kate"><U> </U></A><A HREF="#2011_family_photo" TITLE="More about Kate"><U>family photo</U></A>--our tribe is increasing!</div> <bR> <div>        And, we've moved yet again. I loved living in the mountain community of Cobb, but we were just too far from the grandkids, so we've bought a home in the wine country town of Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, California. Our daughter and her family live nearby, we can walk along the Russian River and ride our bikes into town for dinner, which is really fun. <IMG SRC="7ac588f0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="399" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">I'm looking forward to getting settled so I can get back to my writing. My husband is enjoying retirement -- in fact, he's taken to his  unemployed state with great glee...and I'm loving the fact he's doing some of the housework for a change!</div> <div>         Our son and daughter are grown and on their own--thanks to our daughter and son-in-law we're grandparents to three absolutely perfect grandchildren--two boys and a girl. Our son is married to the lovely young woman he's got his arms wrapped around on the cover of <I><B>Cowboy in My Pocket</B></I>--we're glad he was smart enough not to let go of her! They also have three children--two daughters and a son--who are just as perfect as the others, so our family continues to grow in the most wonderful way. I've posted a <A HREF="#family_photo" TITLE="More about Kate"><U>family photo</U></A> below.</div> <div>          Other than our little "<A HREF="http://www.katedouglas.com/fallentree" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.katedouglas.com/fallentree"><U>tree incident</U></A>" as I'm calling it, life would be pretty carefree for us, but Doug and I once made the foolish mistake of saying, out loud, how much we enjoyed our freedom. That's about the time Rufus tumbled into our lives, a furry little castaway who, in a very short time, has achieved complete dominion over our household.</div> <div>        He's a fairly benign despot, but Doug and I have acknowledged we no longer live in a democracy. Rufus is about fifteen now, and entirely deaf. As Doug says, he hopes when he's old and has "doggy alzheimer's," he hopes he gets cared for as well as Rufus!</div> <div>        I don't do the cycling photography I used to and the webpage of cycling photos is currently inactive. My link with the cycling community is through the website I maintain for our son's friend, <A HREF="http://www.rossdillon.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rossdillon.com"><U>Ross Dillon</U></A>, who is recovering from a very serious brain injury. He was hit by a car while riding his bike and remained in a coma for many weeks. He still has a long way to go, but his courage and the courage and dedication of his family and friends are a constant inspiration to all of us.</div> <div>        My writing consumes me, which is a good thing because I absolutely love what I do. With almost thirty books and novellas released through Kensington’s new Aphrodisia line as well as their Zebra imprint, two more manuscripts completed and scheduled for release in 2013 and more in the works, I’m spending most of my time at the computer.</div> <div>        My latest release, <I><B>Dream Unchained,</B></I> completes the<I><B> Dream Catchers</B></I> series for Kensington’s Aphrodisia imprint. The first story in the series, <I><B>Dream Catcher,</B></I> appeared in the NightShift anthology. It was followed by <I><B>Dream Bound,</B></I> and then the exciting conclusion in a race against time in <I><B>Dream Unchained.</B></I></div> <div>         I’m back in the world of my Chanku shapeshifters with my newest series, <I><B>Spirit Wild</B></I>. Originally slated as a Kensington imprint, Spirit Wild will now release through Aphrodisia, which means they’ll be every bit as hot as my original <I><B>Wolf Tales.</B></I> Lily’s book,  <I><B>Dark Wolf,</B></I> which is slated for release in May 2013, is an exciting glimpse of the Chanku in a world that knows they exist. The next book, <I><B>Dark Moon</B></I>, is Igmutaka and Star’s story.</div> <div>         And, for those of you who enjoyed my <I><B>Wolf Tales </B></I>but were never able to get the Chanku novellas in the Sexy Beast anthologies, Kensington is releasing all of the novellas as “single title ebooks,” beginning in January 2013. They are up for preorder now at $2.99 each at most online distributors. Look for <I><B>Chanku Rising, Chanku Dawn </B></I>(formerly Camille’s Dawn) and <I><B>Chanku Fallen </B></I>beginning in January.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >        Thanks so much for stopping by. Please write to me...I'd love to hear from you, or better yet, subscribe to my monthly newsletter. I run a contest each month for my readers and always have something neat to give away, either a book, an ARC (advance readers copy) or something else that's either fun or edible. </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:KateDouglas-subscribe@yahoogroups.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:KateDouglas-subscribe@yahoogroups"><U>(click here to subscribe!</U></A></FONT>) You can always find me at <A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/katedouglas.authorpage" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.facebook.com/katedouglas.auth"><U>Facebook</U></A>, and occasionally on Twitter <A HREF="https://twitter.com/#!/WolfTales" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://twitter.com/#!/WolfTales"><U>@wolftales</U></A>. I'm not there often because I just don't have enough free time to get hooked! Life is definitely never dull, and it's always full.</div> <bR> <div> My new "snail mail" address is:</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Kate Douglas</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>PO Box 1361</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Healdsburg, CA 95448</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >       </FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:kate@katedouglas.com"><U><IMG SRC="0b643320.gif" border=0 width="67" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Christmas 2011</div> <div> <B>Our family has grown--baby Alice was two months old at Christmas!</B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="2011_family_photo"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><A HREF="#family_photo" TITLE="More about Kate"><U><IMG SRC="78f26990.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Christmas 2008</div> <div> <B>Son-in-law Tony w/son Cole and wife Sarah, Bompa, aka my husband Doug, Dabba (me), Luca, Ella, </B></div> <div> <B>our son Jon, his wife Melanie holding Owen with Gracie, Tony and Sarah's daughter, in front.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U><IMG SRC="658266d0.jpg" border=0 width="550" height="365" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Christmas 2007</div> <div> Starting with the back row: son in law Tony, daughter Sarah holding baby Cole, daughter in law Melanie, son Jon...front row, grandson Luca, me holding granddaughter Gracie and my husband, Doug, holding granddaughter Ella. </div> <div> (Ella's got a baby brother due in September 2008)</div> <div>  <A NAME="family_photo"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><IMG SRC="381f4d30.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="467" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>