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Elaine Burnes

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Elaine Burnes is the award-winning author of the science-fiction novel Endurance. Tenacity, Book 2 in the Captain Lyn Randall series, comes out June 4, 2024, and is available for preorders.

Endurance won a 2023 Golden Crown Literary Society award for Science Fiction/Fantasy and was a finalist for the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award.

Her 2015 novel, Wishbone, won a 2016 Golden Crown Literary Society award for Dramatic/General Fiction. A Perfect Life and Other Stories, was a Rainbow Award winner.

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	Best Lesbian Romance 2011 by Radclyffe (Editor), Cheyenne Blue (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Elaine Burnes (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Ms. Write by Jae (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jove Belle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kathy Brodland (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endurance (A Captain Randall Book Book 1) 4.39 avg rating — 75 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wicked Things by Jae (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Astrid Ohletz (Editor), Bridget Essex (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wishbone 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skulls & Crossbones by Andi Marquette (Goodreads Author) (Editor), R.G. Emanuelle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aubrie Dionne (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunting Muses by Doreen Perrine (Editor), Elaine Burnes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tenacity (A Captain Randall Book 2) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Perfect Life and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ImageOutWrite Volume 8 by Jessica Heatly, Elaine Burnes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Readercon Accomplished!

Wow. Readercon was awesome! Technically it was Readercon 33, but my first. I haven’t really started processing it, still coming down from the high. For this shy introvert, that’s an astonishing statement. That a crowded conference full of strangers (it wasn’t any easier with coworkers) could energize me. I didn’t talk to very many people. […]

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Elaine Burnes liked Strong Women Strange Worlds's status update Strong Women Strange Worlds added a status update: Thanks to all who attended yesterday's Quick Reads! We had fun & hope you did too! We're already hard at work on the next one. Thursday, May 16, 7:00 pm (EDT) Sign up below! https://www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-w...
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Elaine Burnes rated a book it was amazing Arkhangelsk by Elizabeth H. Bonesteel (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely wonderful! Great way to end 2023. Smart women, compelling mysteries, profound ideas. Just the kind of story I look for. As I’ve said before, I can be really hard on fiction. I expect a lot and it takes a lot to earn my praise. This is the ...more
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This is not a simple missing-person mystery. We get everyone’s POV. It hinges on something horrible someone did at the former state mental hospital (a real place, sadly, and makes this a difficult read), that someone else finds out about. But all the ...more
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