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Sue Ann Bowling

Sue Ann Bowling

About

I earned my A.B in Physics from Harvard/Radcliffe in 1963, and my PhD in Geophysics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1970. As my dissertation was on ice fog (which isn't found just anywhere) I stayed at the University of Alaska's Geophysical Institute until I retired in 1998. (Yes, it was an early retirement, but I was having vision problems at the time and could not drive to work reliably.) I still live in Alaska, in a suburb of Fairbanks called North Pole.

I'd written quite a lot in my years at UAF, not only professional papers, but science popularizations and articles on canine history. On retirement, I added considerably to my websites on Shetland Sheepdogs and genetics, and began playing with fiction. I've also kept up my interest in gardening (at least in summer!) I'm also into animals, snowflakes and space. (I taught a beginning astronomy class a few times.) In addition to Homecoming, I've written a sequel as well as a trilogy set a couple of hundred years later but in the same universe and with some of the same characters. The sequel, Tourist Trap, won first place in science fiction and best fiction book in the Reader Views contest. Both books have five-star reviews from ForeWord Clarion.

Heir to a Prophecy

Heir to a Prophecy

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<p><span><span>Shakespeare's Witches tell Banquo, &quot;Thou Shalt 'Get Kings Though Thou Be None&quot;. Though Banquo is murdered, his son Fleance gets away. What happened to Fleance? What Kings? As Shakespeare's audience apparently knew, Banquo was the ancestor of the royal Stewart line. But the road to kingship had a most inauspicious beginning, and we follow Fleance into exile and death, bestowing the Witches' prophecy on his illegitimate son Walter. Born in Wales and raised in disgrace, Walter's efforts to understand Banquo's murder and honor his lineage take him on a long and treacherous journey through England and France before facing his destiny in Scotland.</span></span></p>

Story Behind The Book

I've been telling myself stories for years--back to grade school, at least. Gradually they coalesced into a coherent universe, and started demanding to be let out of my head. I started writing them down over 15 years ago. It took numerous rewrites and rearrangements to get a part of Roi's early life down as Homecoming and its sequel (which should be out spring 2011) Tourist Trap.

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<div>Second place in science fiction, Reader Views Reviewers Choice Award.</div> &quot;If you're looking for a science Fiction adventure that has some thought behind it, I highly recommend this story.&quot;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> <br /><a href="http://sueannbowling.com/files/documents/HomecomingBowlingReview.pdf">Reader Views Review</a></span></span><div><span style="font-weight:bold;">&quot;A completely original story, with both fresh ideas and sound science.&quot;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><a href="http://sueannbowling.com/files/documents/HomecomingBowlingReview.pdf">Clarion ForeWord Reviews</a></span></span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&quot;This novel's characters may have complex backgrounds, but by the end of the tale they've all become dear to the reader. The questions they face are as relevant here and now as to their distant lives—duty, love, freedom, honor, security, fatherhood—and the detailed world they inhabit is almost real.<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&quot;<br /><a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978861074">Sheila Deeth on Gather</a></span></span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&quot;Do yourself a favor - READ THIS BOOK!&quot;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><a href="http://denzramblings.blogspot.com/2011/01/homecoming-by-sue-ann-bowling.html">Denz Ramblings</a></span></span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">&quot;If you like science fiction, this is an amazing read. The story twists and turns, with action and adventure, and the characters step right off the page. I would think a book club or reading group would find this an interesting and attractive reading addition for their members.&quot;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/etOHg6">Leslie Wright, Blogcritics</a></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>