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Cheryl Kaye Tardif, bestselling suspense author

NEWS FLASH!! You can read an extended excerpt from my debut romantic suspense (writing as Cherish D'Angelo) by visiting Textnovel.com. Lancelot's Lady can be found at:
http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928

I LOVE BOOKS! I always have and I always will. I'm a bestselling mystery/suspense author and an avid reader of a wide range of genres and authors. I once read 62 books in 6 weeks. Ok, I was judging for a book contest, but still... I was prescribed glasses 5 days afterward! :)

As a child I was known to have my light on until the wee hours--or until my mother or father yelled at me. Thank God for flashlights! Along with reading anything I could get my hands on, I was also a journalist (paid!) at about 14 years old. My weekly column was on the happenings in the small town I lived in at the time. Ok, I'll admit I wrote mostly about bowling scores and birthdays...but, hey...I was a journalist! lol

I've had the honor and pleasure of meeting some wonderful authors along my journey--Molly Ann Warring, Sue Paulson, Thomas Trofimuk, Jeff Buick, Jerry D. Simmons, Brian Jud, Dan Poynter, Penny Sansevieri. I have established some great internet friendships with some New York Times bestselling authors as well, and I truly value their friendhsip. My author idols are: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, Luanne Rice, Lisa See, Nora Roberts, Lisa Gardner, Stephen J. Cannell, Lisa Jackson...ok, the list goes on a while! :)

One of my goals is to help other authors and aspiring authors, especially young ones. I always want to remember my roots and how I got started.

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Since we're here to share our favorite books, I have to share my own:

My most recent novel Whale Song was released in April 2007. It was an Amazon bestseller in Canada and the US. A heartwrenching but uplifting read,and an emotional mystery that explores the controversial issue of assisted suicide. Booklist called Whale Song “moving…perennially crowd-pleasing…sweet and sad”. This novel is currently out of print.

"Whale Song is deep and true, a compelling story of love and family and the mysteries of the human heart. Cheryl Kaye Tardif has written a beautiful, haunting novel." -- NY Times Bestselling novelist Luanne Rice, author of Beach Girls and What Matters Most

Read an excerpt from Whale Song, a novel that will change how you view life...and death
http://www.whalesongbook.com/read-excerpt-from-whale-song

If you prefer an action-packed techno-thriller, please check out The River. Like Mission Impossible, with a female lead! It is a thought provoking and terrifying bestseller, based loosely on legends about the Nahanni River area of Canada’s Northwest Territories, legends of headless corpses washing up on its shores. A “mile-a-minute pot-boiler myster[y]”, says the Edmonton Sun.

Read an excerpt from The River.
http://www.cherylktardif.com/the-river-excerpt

If you prefer a “sizzling psychic suspense”, you may want to check out Divine Intervention. Think CSI meets Medium meets Ghost Whisperer! It's a bestselling 'psi-fi' suspense thriller that has been compared to works by authors such as Iris Johansen, Kay Hooper and Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb.

Read an excerpt from Divine Intervention.
http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/2007/08/excerpt-from-divine-intervention.html

I have had some unique opportunities cross my path in the past and now as an author. I was once a background actor for the hit TV shows 'The Commish' and 'The Heights'. I loved it! More recently, in 2006, I participated in a hilarious new TV series ‘A Total Write-Off’, hosted by comedian Barbara North, which aired in early 2007. That's my 'Academi Award' winning performance...hahaha

I have completed my fourth novel, Children of the Fog, a terrifying suspense that asks, "how far are you willing to go for your child?” It is currently in the hands of a leading New York literary agent. I've also completed Divine Justice, the second in the Divine mystery series, and it's also in the hands of my agent.

Writing is my passion!

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INTERESTING BOOK NEWS & CONTESTS:

My debut romantic suspense, Lancelot's Lady, was the #3 Semi-Finalist in Dorchester's Next Best Celler contest. http://www.textnovel.com/stories_list_detail.php?story_id=928

Please visit my sites:
http://www.cherylktardif.com
http://www.whalesongbook.com
Blog: http://www.cherylktardif.blogspot.com

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cherylktardif

My motto: "Dare to Dream...and Dream BIG! And if that doesn't work, Dream BIGGER!!!"

Thank you for allowing me to share my dream. « less