Author Visits TAMIU for Fantasy Romance Book Signing Jan. 7

D. E. L. Connor, the author of a new Fantasy Romance novel, “Spirit Warriors: The Concealing,” will conduct a book signing and discussion on Tuesday, Jan. 7 from 5 – 7 p.m. in the Texas A&M International University Book Store, located in the Senator Judith Zaffrini Student Success Center

The novel, available from Booktrope Books, focuses on 16-year-old Emme Belrose who shares her friends’ abilities to move their spirits into animal bodies. “Spirit Warrior” is suspenseful, romantic and awash in Native American magic. It also captures the tragic enchantment of the American West, while confirming the power of friendship. The book has been sweeping the young adult novel best sellers list at Barnes and Noble.

Connor is no stranger to college campuses. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches; her Master of Science in Nursing is from the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston and her Ph.D. in Nursing was earned at the University of Texas at Tyler.

She is an assistant professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. Her TAMIU visit is part of a tour of Texas universities in support of her this, her debut novel.

Born in South Dakota and raised in the vastness and beauty of Montana on a farm, Connor moved to Texas to attend college. When not nursing people back to health she can be found writing stories that have occupied her mind for so many years, or traveling with her best friends, riding bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge or exploring botanical gardens.

She is the proud mother of a champion triathlete, two aging dogs and one grand-cat. Connor has confessed to her coffee addiction and swears that her two hour coffee crawl while on vacation in Seattle –was the best two hours of her life.

Learn more about the author by visiting dellaconnor.com

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