Christine (C.A.) Verstraete is an award-winning author and journalist from Wisconsin. Not your typical zombie story... GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie... *** NEWS! WINNER!! 2014 Lovey Award for Best Paranormal- Sci Fi - Love is Murder Mystery Conference (Feb. 2014) - Named the Young Adult Winner in the 2013 HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL contest! *** Life can suck when you're 16. It can suck even worse when you're not-quite-dead..... It's YA zombie with a little romance - and zombies - humor - and zombies - a touch of mystery and... well, you get it. See synopsis at website, http://cverstraete.com. (Blog linked here is GirlZombieAuthors, http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com)Her short stories have been published in anthologies including - new story, The Songbird's Search in Athena's Daughters. Stories published also in Darlings of Decay and The Tall Book of Zombie Shorts. Other stories have been published in Hot & Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance, Steampunk'd and Timeshares (DAW Books). Her story "Perfect Timing" appeared in The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories, with works by 14 other authors, in June 2012. A longtime horror fan, she also enjoys writing short fiction with a touch of the macabre, including the eBooks, The Killer Valentine Ball and Motherly Love. She also is author of an award-winning children's book, Searching for a Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery, for ages 9 and up. (#1 Kindle book for miniatures; 2009 EPPIE Award finalist for ebook.) Available in Kindle, eBook, and print.When she's not writing (when is that?), Christine also enjoys creating in miniature. She is author of IN MINIATURE STYLE II, with over 40 how-to projects, profiles and photos, featuring the work of talented miniaturists and IGMA artisans. Available in print, eBook, and other formats,including for Kindle. See details on her books and collection at her website, http://cverstraete.com or her blogs, http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com and http://candidcanine.blogspot.com.