Lostuns Found - Skinner, Sharon

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Résumé :
Author Sharon Skinner (The Healer's Legacy, Collars and Curses) returns with a fast paces middle grade steampunk adventure invoking the spirit of J.M. Barrie. In the smoke-covered, steam-powered city of Landings, the filthy streets of the lower city are rife with criminals. It's a rough place where orphans and lost children known as streeters struggle to survive by banding together, forming rival crews. Gage dreams of earning passage to a better place while Wynd has a promise to keep, the last one she ever made to her father. When their fellow streeters begin to disappear, Gage and Wynd must put aside their long-standing rivalry and work together to rescue their mates from a crew of ruthless, kidnapping smugglers. But can a pact made under pressure be trusted?

Biographie:
Author Sharon Skinner (The Healer's Legacy, Return to Anoria) has written many published books in the Fantasy, Science Fiction, Poetry and Children's Picture Book genres. With influences ranging from Peter S Beagle to Ursula K Leguin and many styles in between, Sharon is an avid reader and regularly posts her readings on Goodreads.In addition to having nationally published articles, essays and short stories, both fiction and nonfiction, she served for eight years as the Executive Editor of Anthology magazine, a small press literary magazine published in Mesa, Arizona. She served as an Arizona State Library Writer in Residence for three years. She is an experienced workshop presenter and public speaker and has been a guest author/presenter at a variety of book festivals, writing conferences, and conventions.Sharon serves as the Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Arizona. She holds a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing, and Copy Editing Certificate from Writer's Digest. She is a certified book coach, and manages a separate business entity, Book Coaching by Sharon, for that business. She is an experienced workshop presenter and public speaker and has been a guest author/presenter at a variety of book festivals, writing conferences, and conventions. Sharon has also been a contributing writer for film projects, including Sacrifice from Brick Cave Films. As a recording artist, Sharon has released two albums of spoken word, Sifted Gems, Polished Dreams and The Vultures are Circling, but I'm not Finished, Yet.She has a deep love for speculative fiction and fantasy and is particularly fond of character-driven stories.