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Alma Katsu, author portrait
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Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is the award-winning author of eleven novels, most recently Fiend, Red London, The Fervor, and Red Widow. Prior to the publication of her first novel, she had a thirty-five-year career as a senior intelligence analyst for several U.S. agencies, including the CIA and NSA, as well as RAND, the global policy think tank. Katsu is a graduate of the masters writing program at the Johns Hopkins University and received her bachelors degree from Brandeis University. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband, where she is a consultant to government and private industry on future trends and analytic methods.
Incarnate
Fiend
The Fervor
Red London
Red Widow
The Deep
The Hunger

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Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival at Lawrence Public Library
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Lawrence, MA 01841
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120 North Virginia Avenue
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Books

Incarnate
Fiend
The Fervor
Red London
Red Widow
The Deep
The Hunger

Events

Mon Oct 12 | 06:30 PM
Park Books Severna Park
555 Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard
Severna Park, MD 21146
Google Map

Wed Oct 14 | 06:00 PM
Curious Iguana at C. Burr Artz Public Library
110 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Google Map

Sat Oct 17
Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival at Lawrence Public Library
51 Lawrence Street
Lawrence, MA 01841
Google Map

Tue Oct 27 | 06:30 PM
Bards Alley Bookshop at Mary Riley Styles Public Library
120 North Virginia Avenue
Falls Church, VA 22046
Google Map

Halloween Picks for Higher Education

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