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Darlene D. Bolesny believes that becoming an author was simply the next, natural (?) step in her bizarre life. After living for a time in Isfahan, Iran, she worked as a full-time firefighter and emergency medical technician back in the U.S., where she picked up hobbies that ranged from motorcycle racing to tournament pool shooting to swords (primarily rapiers). It seems that fate itself primed her to write fantasy action adventure.
Her first novel, Trail of Darkness, was released in September, 1996. It was to be the first of a series set in her "Dark World" universe, but it encountered a series of publishing events which rivaled her bizarre life and seemed likely to stifle her career. There is a happy ending to this story, however, for DarkStar Books has contracted with Darlene to re-release Trail of Darkness in Spring 2009 and plans to work with her to continue the series. Darlene lived in the French Quarter of New Orleans for many years, but post-Katrina has relocated to Covington, Louisiana, which is well north of the evil "mandatory evacuation zone." "Some have to seek adventure.
Others have no choice ... "  Rory Harper is a fragile, elderly Texas writer who no longer drives a car. That's because his Shadow 750 ACE motorcycle gets amazing gas mileage, will go faster than most cars, and is also a babe magnet.
A deeply religious man, he regularly worships at the altar of the sainted Leo Fender. He possesses half a dozen of St. Fender's sacred relics. Along with Bradley Denton, Steve Gould, Martha Wells, and almost every other Texas writer, he played in the semi-legendary Los Blues Guys blues-rock band, which consistently damaged the hearing of fans at numberless science-fiction conventions during the Nineties. He currently plays lead guitar in the not-yet-semi-legendary Two-Headed Baby blues-rock band. He's had stories published in half of the s-f magazines in existence. Along with other writers more famous than he is, he currently contributes cranky essays, music (which can be freely downloaded), and flash fiction to the semi-legendary group blog at www.eatourbrains.com. As is readily deduced from the blog's name, he is a zombie freak. This fall, he will film the music video for his recent song 'Fast Zombie Blues'. Rory is the author of Petrogypsies, which will be published by DarkStar next year. He's halfway through Insterstellar Petrogypsies, also to be published by DarkStar. Unless it's awful. He owns two cats, but isn't gushy about it. He has two tattoos, which he will show you on request. The first one was done by his only known daughter, Rachael, and it's really cool. |
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