Paul Genesse is a writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 of young adult fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 novels and a cardiac unit nurse

Cardiac nursing

Cardiac nursing is a nursing specialty that works with patients who suffer from various conditions of the cardiovascular system. Cardiac nurses help treat conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiac...

 at Intermountain Medical Center

Intermountain Medical Center

Intermountain Medical Center is the largest hospital in the Intermountain West and the new flagship of Intermountain Healthcare. Located in Murray, Utah on a site at the center of the Salt Lake Valley, Intermountain Medical Center serves as a major adult referral center for six surrounding states...

 in Murray, Utah

Murray, Utah

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. His first book, The Golden Cord, was a best seller for Five Star Publishing.

Biography

While attending high school in Beatty, Nevada

Beatty, Nevada

Beatty is a census-designated place along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about to the north, and Las Vegas, about to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about ...

, Genesse decided he wanted to become a nurse. He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in nursing

Registered nurse

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 from Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University is a public university located in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and has 39 satellite campuses in the state of Arizona. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.As of...

 in Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff, Arizona

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, where he also took multiple writing classes.

His writing has been influenced by television series such as M*A*S*H and China Beach

China Beach

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, as well as The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...

series by J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

.

Iron Dragon series

Genesse has published two volumes of his Iron Dragon series through Five Star Publishing, the science fiction

Science fiction

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 and fantasy imprint of the publishing house Gale

Gale (publisher)

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. The first volume was a best seller for the publisher, and was reprinted multiple times. There are five books planned in the series.

1. The Golden Cord (April 16, 2008, ISBN 1594146594)
2. The Dragon Hunters (May 15, 2009, ISBN 1594148252)
3. The Secret Empire (planned)

Short works

He has also published a number of short stories in various anthologies and magazines.

• "The Mob", published in Furry Fantastic (ISBN 0756403812, Daw Books
  DAW Books
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  , 2006)
• "The Pirate Witch" in Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms (ISBN 0980208645, Walkabout, 2007)
• "Almost Brothers" in Fellowship Fantastic (ISBN 0756404657, Daw Books, 2008)
• "God Pays" in The Dimension Next Door (ISBN 0756405092, Daw Books, 2008)
• "Greg and Eli" in Imaginary Friends (ISBN 0756405114, Daw Books, 2008)
• "The Queen's Ransom" in Blue Kingdoms: Shades and Specters (ISBN 0980208610, Walkabout, 2008)
• "Captain Maeve" in Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers (ISBN 0980208653, Walkabout, 2009)
• "Kitty and the City" in Catopolis (ISBN 0756405149, Daw Books, 2009)
• "Revenge of the Little Match Girl" in Terribly Twisted Tales (ISBN 0756405548, Daw Books, 2009)
• "The Nubian Queen" in Steampunk'd (ISBN 0756406439, Daw Books, 2010)
• "The Cost of a Tasmanian Tiger" in The Chain Story created by Mike Stackpole

As editor

• The Crimson Pact, Volume 1 (ISBN 0983263159, Alliteration Ink, 2011)
• The Crimson Pact, Volume 2 (ISBN 0983263191, Alliteration Ink, 2011)
• The Crimson Pact, Volume 3 (Alliteration Ink, planned)
• The Best of The Crimson Pact (Alliteration Ink, planned)