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An award-winning author, Jordan McCollum can’t resist a story where good defeats evil and true love conquers all. and , were both 2013 Whitney Award Finalists. Two prequel novellas, and , are also available. In 2014, I also published the last prequel, a full-length novel called , and the last novel in the series, , both of which were 2014 Whitney Award Finalists. In 2015, I started a new series with my long-awaited . Keep up with my (insane!) publication schedule by —and get a free novel!

In addition to fiction, I love teaching and writing about writing. I have nonfiction books out on , , and . At writers conferences, I’ve taught (packed, much to my surprise) classes on character arcs, gesture crutches, structural self-editing and more. In 2015, I’m offering online writing courses through my site, so be sure to to hear about them before they fill up! Or if you’d rather just improve your writing craft with in-depth tips, you can .

From 2011 to 2014, I served as the Education Director for Authors Incognito, an online writers’ community for attendees of the LDStorymakers writing conference. In this position, I coordinated monthly writing classes for our over 400 members, as well as occasional workshops and insane-goal-achieving drives. I have also taught classes on point of view, revision and plotting. From May to August of 2013, I was also acting Executive Director.

Some of my previous manuscripts have won in the 2010 and LDStorymakers Conference First chapter contests, mystery/suspense category, and also have been named a in the 2011 Sandy Contest from Crested Butte Writers, mystery/suspense/thriller category.

In my day job, I coerce people to do things they don’t want to, elicit information and generally manipulate the people I love most—I’m a mom. I was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina. A graduate of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, I earned a Bachelor’s in American Studies and Linguistics with minors in Spanish and English. (It’s not as hard as it sounds. 😉� ) When I catch a spare minute amidst being a wife, mother and writer, my hobbies include reading, blogging, knitting, and mysteries. I have three four kids, play three instruments and know three languages, and hope to add more to all of those counts—eventually. (Well . . . we’ll see about more kids.)

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