Natasha Rhodes

Natasha Rhodes
Born	April 8, 1978 (1978-04-08) (age 33) Kent, England
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	British
Period	May 2004-Present
Genres	Dark Urban Fantasy, Paranormal romance, Action, Adventure, Horror
Notable work(s)	Blade: Trinity, Nightmare On Elm Street: Perchance To Dream, Dante's Girl
Influences Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, James O'Barr
myspace.com/natasharhodes/

Natasha Rhodes is a British-born author best known for her contemporary fantasy book series Dante's Girl, starring supernatural crime-fighter Kayla Steele. She has also written many film novelizations of popular blockbuster movies such as Blade: Trinity and the Final Destination series of movies, as well as original books based on films such as the Nightmare On Elm Street series. Rhodes was born in Kent, England on April 8, 1978. She currently lives in Orange County, California.

Career biography

Growing up in rural South England, Rhodes stumbled on a box of used Marvel and DC comics at a Country Fair for fifty pence, and so began her fascination with fantasy and science fiction. She wrote her first movie novelization on her grandmother's ancient typewriter at age eleven - a full-length book adaptation of her favorite film Short Circuit. After graduating from the University of Wales in Newport with a BA Honors Degree in Film Production and Cinematography, she worked as a family photographer in London for many years before being hired to write official movie novelisations for Black Flame, an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of UK gaming giant Games Workshop. She wrote her first original novel Dante's Girl three years later at the age of 28, after penning five movie-based original novels and novelisations for the company. Her supernatural Buffy-style book series was published by Solaris Books, an imprint which focuses on Science Fiction, Fantasy and Dark fantasy novels and anthologies by both established and new authors. The series was distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster. The second book in the series The Last Angel was released on 29 July 2008, and her newest novel in this series, Circus of Sins will be released on 25 May 2010 by Abaddon Books, an imprint of Rebellion.

Bibliography

• Blade: Trinity (October 2004, ISBN 1-84416-106-4)
• Final Destination: Dead Reckoning (2005, ISBN 1-84416-170-6)
• Final Destination I: The Movie (2006, ISBN 1-84416-317-2)
• Final Destination II: The Movie (2006, co-written with Nancy A. Collins, ISBN 1-84416-318-0)
• A Nightmare On Elm Street: Perchance to Dream (February 2006, ISBN 1-84416-322-9)
• Dante's Girl (March 2007, ISBN 1-84416-666-X)
• The Last Angel (July 2008, ISBN 1-84416-577-9)
• Circus of Sins (May 2010, ISBN 978-1-906735-73-9)
• The End of the Line: An Anthology of Underground Horror (October 2010, ISBN 978-1907519338) (Contributor: short story "Crazy Train")

References

• 'Circus of Sins' Availability Page
• 'End of the Line' Availability Page

External links

• Solaris Books Official Website
• BL Publishing's Official Website
• Barnes and Nobel Review of 'Circus of Sins'
• Interview with Natasha Rhodes on ScifiChick.com
• Interview on Author David H. Burton's popular blog 'Random Musings'
• Natasha Rhodes interviewed about 'Circus Of Sins' on Mookychick.com
• Kayla Steele series review
• Natasha Rhodes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Name	Rhodes, Natasha
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Date of birth	1978-04-08
Place of birth	Kent, England
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