M.J. Rose

Fast Facts:

• M.J. graduated from Syracuse University, and spent the ‘80s working in the advertising industry.
  
  
• Because M.J.’s work didn’t fit neatly into just one genre, her debut novel LIP SERVICE was turned down by several traditional publishers. She self-published it in 1998, and offered it for download on her website. It sold over 2500 copies (in both electronic and trade paper format) and went on to become the first e-book to be published by a mainstream New York publishing house.
  
  
• M.J. has written 9 novels: LIP SERVICE, IN FIDELITY, FLESH TONES, SHEET MUSIC, LYING IN BED, THE HALO EFFECT, THE DELILAH COMPLEX, THE VENUS FIX, and the newly released THE REINCARNATIONIST.
  
  
• M.J. has also co-written two nonfiction books: HOW TO PUBLISH AND PROMOTE ONLINE with Angela Adair Hoy, and BUZZ YOUR BOOK with Douglas Clegg.
  
  
• M.J. is a founding member and board member of the International Thriller Writers, and the founder of AuthorBuzz.com, the first marketing company for authors.
  
  
• M.J. runs two blogs: Buzz, Balls & Hype (http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/buzz_balls_hype/) and Backstory (http://mjroseblog.typepad.com/backstory/).
  
  
• Some of M.J.’s favorite authors are Ayn Rand, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daphne du Maurier, John O’Hara, Barry Eisler, Carol O’Connell, Lee Child, P. D. James, Daniel Silva, Jeffery Deaver, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Ruth Rendell, Laura Lippman and Robert Goddard.
  
  
• M.J. currently lives in Connecticut with Doug Scofield, a composer, and their dog Winka.
  
  

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