Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • FALLEN Reader Letter

    Dear Reader, When Lilia Desjardins strode into my office in 2005 and demanded that I write her story, she surprised me. I’d written opinionated and outspoken heroines before, but Lilia was from a different time and place. Her world was that of the future, almost a hundred years in the future, a gritty repressive society…

  • Reader Letters

    Many of my books include a reader letter – it usually runs at the front of the book, and begins “Dear Reader…” They’re tough to miss, when you have the actual book. But until you have the book, you miss out on all that chat about the writing of it, the characters, the creative challenges…

  • GUARDIAN

    GUARDIAN, #2 of the Prometheus Project of urban fantasy romances, is now published. I just love this cover. 🙂 At the end of the 21st century, the future of humanity hangs in the balance, caught between the radioactive waste of a half century of nuclear wars and the repressive authority of the Republic. Angels sacrifice…

  • The Scary Closet

    There’s something about this time of year that compels me to clean up and get organized. Most people do that in the spring, but for me, it’s always a fall ritual. The other day, I emptied the scary closet. You probably have a scary closet like this one. It’s jammed full of odds and ends,…

  • The Future of Storytelling

    Astro-Jen sent me the link to this online course, which starts tomorrow and sounds interesting. It’s called The Future of Storytelling, and evidently over 45,000 people (including yours truly) have registered. The syllabus raises interesting questions about how storytelling will evolve or change, given current and future technology. How will our expectations as readers change?…