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Kristi Charish

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Born

Toronto, Canada

Website

http://kristicharish.com

Twitter

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Genre

Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery

Influences

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Member Since

February 2011

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Kristi is the author of OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS (Simon and Schuster Canada/Pocket Books), an urban fantasy about a modern-day “Indiana Jane” who reluctantly navigates the hidden supernatural world, and THE VOODOO KILLINGS (Random House Canada), an urban fantasy/mystery about a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle with the ghost of a deceased grunge rocker.

She writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, savvy female protagonists, pop culture, and the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. She’s also a co-host for the Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing Podcast.

Before becoming an author Kristi was a research scientist. She holds a BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry an ...more

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	Owl and the Japanese Circus (Adventures of Owl, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 1,793 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voodoo Killings (Kincaid Strange, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49, June 2014: Women Destroy Science Fiction! by Christie Yant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robin Lupo (Editor), Wendy N. Wagner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owl and the City of Angels (Adventures of Owl, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owl and the Electric Samurai (Adventures of Owl, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lipstick Voodoo (Kincaid Strange, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owl and the Tiger Thieves (Adventures of Owl, #4) 4.04 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vancouver Noir by Sam Wiebe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda L. Richards (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Timothy Taylor (contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 197 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voodoo Shanghai (Kincaid Strange, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Masked Mosaic: Canadian Super Stories by Claude Lalumière (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille Alexa (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Shainblum (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Kristi Charish's Blog: The Voodoo Killings

Small things in unprecedented times...

Well, we’ve certainly seen the world change over the past few weeks and, unless you live under a rock, chances are good your day to day life has also changed in what feels like little more than a blink of an eye.

We are in the middle of a pandemic the likes of which we haven’t seen in over 100 years and, hopefully, won’t see for another 100. Between the rampant acts of Hamsterkaufe occurring at gr

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The Adventures of Owl (4 books)
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Kristi Charish (Goodreads Author)

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Kincaid Strange (3 books)
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Havana Storm (Dirk Pitt, #23)

by Clive Cussler

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Spellstorm (Forgotten Realms)

by Ed Greenwood

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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)

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“Sometimes knowledge is not worth the headache it brings.”
― Kristi Charish, The Voodoo Killings

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“Murphy's law: every time you think you know something, the universe will prove you wrong.”
― Kristi Charish, The Voodoo Killings

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“I’m an archaeologist who likes cats, not a cat burglar who likes old stuff.”
― Kristi Charish, Owl and the Japanese Circus

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