Jean Marie Ward

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Jean Marie Ward writes fiction and nonfiction—and everything in between.

Her first novel, With Nine You Get Vanyr (written with the late Teri Smith), finaled in the Science Fiction/Fantasy and Humor categories of the 2008 Indie Book Awards. A recent short story, “Hero Material” is featured in Here Be Dragons: Tales of DragonCon, which also boasts stories by Quinn Yarbro, Jody Lynn Nye, and the late Robert Asprin. Other short story credits include “Hoodoo Cupid” (Red Rose Publishing) and “Lord Bai’s Discovery” (Dragon’s Lure).

Her latest nonfiction book, Fantasy Art Templates, was published by Barron’s Educational Series in March 2010. She wrote the text. The art was supplied by the talented Rafi Adrian Zulkarnain. Her first art book was Illumina: The Art of J.P. Targete. She edited the respected web magazine, Crescent Blues, for eight years, and her byline appears in periodicals as diverse Science Fiction Weekly and Romance Writers Report.

Ms. Ward has written for daily and weekly newspapers, and published government journals. She served as the public relations officer for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for five years, and managed the development of some of the first Department of Defense web sites. Her resume also includes a stint as an assistant producer for the local access cable program Mystery Readers Corner. A Washington DC native, Ms. Ward now lives in Virginia with her cartoonist husband Greg Uchrin, creator of Intravenous Caffeine, a very gracious cat and hordes of ninja squirrels.