E. F. Watkins specializes in paranormal suspense, and Danu’s Children is her fifth novel published with Amber Quill Press, LLC. Her first, Dance With The Dragon, received a 2004 EPPIE Award from the national organization EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection) as Best Horror Novel. Next came the romantic mystery Ride A Dancing Horse (writing as “Eileen Watkins”). Her third book, Black Flowers, was a Finalist in the Thriller category for both the 2006 EPPIEs and the 2007 Indie Excellence Book Awards. She followed this with another paranormal thriller, Paragon.

Watkins is a founding member of the Garden State Horror Writers, and also belongs to The Writer’s Workshop of Bergen County, NJ, and the national groups Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime (women mystery writers), and Broad Universe (women speculative-fiction writers). She has taught fiction-writing seminars for the Wayne Adult School in Wayne, NJ.

F. Paul Wilson, best-selling author of The Keep and The Select, has said “E. F. Watkins is a writer to watch!” The Internet site Roundtable Reviews has said, “Watkins manages to combine the supernatural with everyday issues to create a world that is horrifyingly like our own,” and the magazine Eternal Night has said, “Watkins is a true master of terror.”

For more background, visit her web site at www.efwatkins.com.