Colleen Gleason lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband and children. She has a degree in English and a MBA from the
University of Michigan
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. She started writing in primary school and wrote nine complete stories before selling the first book of her ''
The Gardella Vampire Chronicles
The Gardella Vampire Chronicles is a series of historical romance romantic fantasy, fantasy novels by Colleen Gleason about a family of vampire hunter, vampire hunters who have lived throughout the ages, hunting the undead.
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. the series arrives at a conclusion on March 2009. In 2008 she wrote a short story, a prequel to the series, titled ''In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead'', published first in the ''Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance'', then as ''Victoria Gardella: Vampire Slayer''. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in sales and marketing and started her own business in the insurance field.
In 2010, she started the six-novel series ''The Envy Chronicles'', written using the pen name Joss Ware. In 2011, she wrote ''The Regency Draculia'' trilogy.
She has also written short stories. In 2010, she collaborated with Mary Balogh, Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany in a paranormal tribute to Jane Austen, writing "Northanger Castle" for the book ''Bespelling Jane Austen'', published on October 1, 2010.
* ''Siberian Treasure'' (February 4, 2011)
* ''The Cards of Life and Death'' (March 4, 2011)
* ''The Shop of Shades and Secrets'' (May 3, 2011)
Short stories
*"In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead" in ''The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance'' (2008)
*"Northanger Castle" in ''Bespelling Jane Austen'' (2010)