HEIDI RUBY MILLER

COVER REVEALS PREORDER NOW! It's what's inside that counts. Something lurks inside Deena Riordan. She never once questioned her life in the criminal underworld as the star of Mr. Marsh’s illegal empire and his youngest assassin. Her ruthless demeanor and dark magical powers have kept her at the top of the heap for years. But one day she pushes the sorcery too far and something snaps. Only then does Deena realize she’s always been a puppet of that dark power with no true will of her own. Now, in order to get out of the crime business for good, she needs to save her sister from Marsh’s angry clutches. It won’t be easy. She’ll have to make her way through friends turned foes, dodge determined federal agents, and stay out of a particularly stubborn fellow hitman’s sights. Worst of all, Deena will have to wrestle with the darkness inside to keep it from swallowing her up again. Cover Art by Bradley Sharp Foreword by Heidi Ruby Miller Urban Fantasy Paperback coming from...

EVENTS The schedule is out for the Pennwriters 2015 Conference - Building Bridges . Here is where you can find me officially, but make sure to stop and say hello anytime during the weekend! FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 12:00 - 1:30 - Published authors’ lunch & retreat with Jane Friedman - Ohio 5:30 - Cocktails - Salon A, B, C Foyer 6:00 – 8:15 - Dinner & keynote address with Ridley Pearson- Salon A, B, C SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2015 8:00 – 9:00 - Breakfast/General meeting - Three Rivers Ballroom 9:05 – 10:00 - Heidi Ruby Miller – Science Fiction in Thrillers - Robinson 12:10 - 1:40 - Lunch, awards & speaker Don Helin - Three Rivers Ballroom 4:15 - 5:30 - Authors’ tea and book signing - Hospitality Suite SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2015 11:30 – 12:30 - Closing ceremonies - Hospitality Suite

BOOKS My husband and some friends are in this one! Diner Stories: Off the Menu is a collection of exciting stories and real tales, all serving up a fantastic fare about the one place we all know, love to go to, and enjoy no matter your walk of life. Cozied up inside this collection are people who love and hate, learn and squirm, and above all, eat—maybe some meals that might surprise you. Come on in and join us for a selection of great stories all garnished with sensory delights, served up on a platter of fun and imagination! TABLE OF CONTENTS "Flying Lessons over Lunch with Saint Joseph Cooper Tina" by Eric Fritzius "Layers and Pockets" by Karyn Cantees Stagg "Julian's Restaurant" by Erin Nicole Cochran "All the World's a Stage (But the Diner is my Church)" by Joey Madia "Bleu Plate Special" by Jason Jack Miller "The Bread Bowl" by Rich Bottles, Jr. "Just Think about It" by Mary Lucille DeBerry...

BOOKS GREAT MIDWEST SELECTS "HARD DAYS HARD NIGHTS" AS GRAND PRIZE WINNER CHICAGO_ An illuminating backstage pass to some of the greatest concerts ever held is the grand prize winner of the 2014 Great Midwest Book Festival. Southern California Book Festival Runner-Up Best Non-Fiction Hard Days Hard Nights is the fascinating, behind-the-scenes story of the birth and development of modern rock concerts, as told by one of its most illustrious proponents, Pat DiCesare. For 36 years, starting with his first show in Youngstown, Ohio with the Four Freshman to his big breakthrough promoting the Beatles concert in Pittsburgh, PA in 1964, through his last major show in 1999, Pat DiCesare ruled the Pittsburgh concert scene. Virtually every major rock and pop act of the area from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to Bruce Springsteen passed through Pittsburgh during these years to perform in concerts produced and promoted by Pat DiCesare. These are the backstage tales of th...

TWEET LOVE @amydieg @NathanWaddell1 In addition, I really enjoyed @MsAnnAguirre ’s Grimspace books and @heidirubymiller ’s Ambasadora books! — Jen Foehner Wells (@Jenthulhu) February 20, 2015

LISTS John DeNardo , Managing Editor at SF Signal and columnist for Kirkus Reviews , researched this great list of 385 Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror eBooks Priced Less than $5 Each . Marked by Light , the first book in the Ambasadora space opera series was there, as well as three of my husband's books ( The Devil and Preston Black , Hellbender , The Revelations of Preston Black by Jason Jack Miller ). Other authors include fellow Seton Hill Writer Tim Waggoner as well as Brandon Sanderson, Paul S. Kemp, Michael Swanwick, Tim Powers, Peter Straub, Lilith Saintcrow, Gail Carriger, Philip Pullman, Marissa Meyer, Justin Gustainis, Chuck Wendig, and obviously hundreds more.

I'm happy to be presenting part of my Science Fiction in Thrillers class from Seton Hill's MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program for the 2015 Pennwriters Conference, Building Bridges . Here is the description: Where would you shelve a book about scientists cloning dinosaurs for a theme park or a man turning into a chimera or how about the unleashing of a zombie plague? I asked authors and editors for insights into how the industry categorizes thrillers with expansive science fictional elements. If you write these types of stories, where do you think you fit in? The Pennwriters Conference is in Pittsburgh this year on the weekend of May 15 - 17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Keynote speaker is Ridley Pearson . For a full list of workshops, including other Seton Hill Writers like Jason Jack Miller , Timons Esaias , Lawrence C. Connolly , and Rebecca Drake , peruse the website .