About J.L. Mulvihill: Born in Hollywood and raised in San Diego, CA, J.L. Mulvihill has made Mississippi her home for the past fifteen years. Her debut novel was the young adult title The Lost Daughter of Easa, an engaing fantasy novel bordering on science-fiction with a dash of steampunk, published through Kerlak Publishing. The Boxcar Baby, the first novel of her Steel Roots Series, was released by Seventh Star Press in the summer of 2013.
J.L. also has several short fiction pieces in publication, among them "Chilled Meat", a steampunk thriller found in the Dreams of Steam II-Of Bolts and Brass, anthology (Kerlak Publishing) and "The Leprechaun’s Story", a steampunk urban Fantasy found in the anthology, Clockwork, Spells, & Magical Bells (Kerlak Publishing)
J.L. is very active with the writing community, and is the events coordinator for the Mississippi Chapter of Imagicopter known as the Magnolia-Tower. She is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA), The Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG), as well as the Arts Council of Clinton, and the Clinton Ink-Slingers Writing Group.
Book Synopsis: Born in a boxcar on a train bound for Georgia. At least that is what Papa Steel always told AB'Gale. But now, fifteen years later, the man who adopted and raised her as his own is missing and it's up to AB'Gale to find him. Aided only by a motley gang of friends, AB'Gale train hops her way across the United States in a desperate attempt to find her papa and put her life and family back the way it was. Her only guide is a map given to her by a mysterious hobo, with hand written clues she found hidden in her papa's spyglass. Here is the Great American Adventure in an alternate steampunk dystopian world, where fifteen-year-old AB'Gale Steel learns that nothing is as it seems, but instead is shrouded in secrets and mysteries ... and that monsters come in all shapes and forms.
The Boxcar Baby is the first book of the Steel Roots series.'
Author Links:
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Tour Schedule and Activities:
9/23 Come Selahway With Me Contest
9/23 Fantastical Adventures Through the Paper Realm Review
9/23 The Flipside of Julianne Top Ten List
9/24 Jess Resides Here Guest Post
9/24 Beagle Book Space Promo Spotlight
9/25 Sheila Deeth Guest Post
9/25 Spellbindings Promo Spotlight
9/25 Lost Inside the Covers Review
9/26 A TiffyFit’s Reading Corner Review
9/26 Azure Dwarf Promo Spotlight
9/26 Rachel Tsoumbakos Character Interview & Review
9/26 A Daydreamer’s Thought Author Interview
9/27 Armand Rosamilia, Author Guest Post
9/27 Kayla’s Reads and Reviews Promo Spotlight
9/28 WTF Are You Reading? Review
9/28 Bee’s Knees Reviews Guest Post
9/28 Word to Dreams Promo Spotlight
9/29 The Cabin Goddess Interview
9/29 Illuminite Calginosus Promo Spotlight
9/29 Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews Character Interview
9/29 JeanzBookReadNReview Guest Post
9/29 Book and Movie Dimension Review
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Patricia Hale is a graduate of the MFA program at Goddard College in Vermont. She is a member of Sister’s in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, NH Writer’s Project and Maine Writer’s and Publisher’s Alliance. Her essays and articles have appeared in New England literary magazines and the anthology, My Heart’s First Steps. When not writing, she enjoys hiking with her dogs and kayaking on the lakes near her home. Patricia lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two German shepherds.
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