Theresa Read
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
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I am a longtime member of the Southern Breeze region of SCBWI where I serve as Critique Group Coordinator. My YA cly-fi novel was the winner of the 2024 SB Writing Contest. My self-published, middle grade novel, Ranger Nader & The Sunstruck Phantom, written under the pen name “Kam Karem,” was a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards and the Independent Author Network Book Awards, and won its category in The International Book Awards. The follow-up in the series, Ranger Nader & The Unsolvable Riddle, has many five star reviews. The third book in the series, Ranger Nader & The Shadow Curse, will be published in 2026. A strong believer in literacy, I co-founded The Conyers Book Festival along with the owner of my local indie bookstore. In my day job, I’m a practicing attorney, and contributed to the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers’ publication, Path to Empowerment: Women Lawyers Sharing Stories of Connection, Triumph, and Resilience. You can follow me online here: Here are the links to my books: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C21DMFL7?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1539968110&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin Here are my social media contacts: https://www.facebook.com/tkread www.tkread.com @tkread Twitter @t.k._read Instagram and Threads
Theresa Read's books
Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15, 16-18, 18+
Ranger Nader & The Unsolvable Riddle is book 2 of The Guardian Chronicles, a contemporary scify-fantasy-green mixed genre series with secret schools, spaceships, epic battles, & evil demi-gods. Ranger, a Lebanese-American teenager, inherits a magic ax and the family feud with the demi-god Gilgamesh of epic fame. The stories take place in a secret school located inside a mountain in Lebanon where teenagers are trained to be part of the Phoenician Spaceship Merchant Marine. In the first book, Ranger Nader & The Sunstruck Phantom, Ranger has to stop Gilgamesh from destroying the cedar forest. In Ranger Nader & The Unsolvable Riddle, Ranger loses his crew and his ship to a bad decision. He compounds his troubles when he "borrows" the legendary six-bull ship and flies it solo to solve a mystery, a riddle, and a crime. The book received six five-star reviews from Reader's Favorite. Here's one: 5* Review by...
Genres: Nature/Science, Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Young Adult (YA)
Formats: E-Book, Paperback, Hardback
Age Groups: 8-11, 12-15, 16-18, 18+
Ranger inherits the title of "Forest Keeper," a magic ax, and the family feud with Gilgamesh of Epic fame. The crazy demigod-king has returned to destroy the Forest and the world and Ranger has to stop him. Long Listed by The Green Earth Book Awards and a Finalist in the NIEA, IAN, & Wishing Shelf Book Awards. If Harry Potter were a Lebanese-American teen in the future, descended from Ancient Phoenicians, the plot for “Ranger Nader” would be the perfect blend of these stories. BookLifePrize. Five Stars! A superbly plotted magical adventure, stylishly and flamboyantly written. The Wishing Shelf.