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Short bio:
Stacy Juba has made numerous bestseller lists including GalleyCat’s Barnes & Noble Bestsellers, GalleyCat’s Mystery and Thriller Bestsellers, and multiple Amazon Top 100 lists, and she has also been ranked as one of the Most Popular Authors in Mysteries on Amazon. She has had a book ranked as #5 in the Nook Store and #30 on the Amazon Kindle Paid List. Stacy has written about reality TV contestants targeted by a killer, an obit writer investigating a cold case, teen psychics who control minds, twin high school hockey stars battling on the ice, and teddy bears learning to raise the U.S. flag: she pursues whatever story ideas won’t leave her alone. Her titles include the adult mystery novels Sink or Swim and Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, the children’s picture books The Flag Keeper and the Teddy Bear Town Children’s Bundle (Three Complete Picture Books), and the young adult novels Face-Off and Dark Before Dawn. She is also the editor of the essay anthology 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror: 52 Authors Look Back. She is a former journalist with more than a dozen writing awards to her credit.
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Long Bio:
Award-winning writer Stacy Juba loves reading novels as much as writing them and has authored titles ideal for book clubs or the beach. Although she specializes in adult mysteries and romance, Stacy has also written books for children and young adults. She has authored books about reality TV contestants targeted by a killer, an obit writer investigating a cold case, teen psychics who control minds, twin high school hockey stars battling on the ice, and teddy bears learning to raise the U.S. flag: she pursues whatever story ideas won’t leave her alone. She has made bestseller lists including GalleyCat’s Barnes & Noble Bestsellers, GalleyCat’s Mystery and Thriller Bestsellers, and multiple Amazon Top 100 lists, and she has also been ranked as one of the Most Popular Authors in Mysteries on Amazon. She has had a book ranked as #5 in the Nook Store and #30 on the Amazon Kindle Paid List.
Stacy is the author of the adult mystery/romantic suspense novels Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, the mystery short story Laundry Day, the acclaimed patriotic children’s picture book, The Flag Keeper, the children’s e-book the Teddy Bear Town Children’s Bundle (Three Complete Picture Books), and the young adult paranormal thriller Dark Before Dawn. She is also the editor of the essay anthology 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror: 52 Authors Look Back, a tie-in to her novel Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, and founder of the 25 Years in the Rearview Mirror Yahoo Group!
Stacy’s young adult novel Face-Off, about twin brothers competing on the hockey rink for their father’s approval, was published when she was 18 years old under her maiden name, Stacy Drumtra. An updated version of Face-Off is now available in e-book, audiobook and paperback formats. Within the next year or two, readers can also expect publication of the sequel, Offsides.
Stacy is a past recipient of the William F. Deeck – Malice Domestic Grant for new mystery writers and is currently working on her prize-winning mystery novel Sign of the Messenger along with a contemporary fiction/romantic comedy novel. She is one of the contributors to author Susan Whitfield’s book Killer Recipes, (L&L Dreamspell) a collection of recipes from the kitchens of mystery writers, with all proceeds from the project benefiting the American Cancer Society.
Stacy has written more than 2,000 articles and won over a dozen writing awards, including recognition from the New England Press Association, Parenting Publications of America, Suburban Newspapers of America and the Stuttering Foundation of America. She is also a winner of the American Cancer Society New England Chapter’s Sword of Hope Media Award. Her feature articles have been distributed over the Associated Press New England news wire.
After years of working as a reporter, Stacy now concentrates on writing fiction and freelancing. She has produced many award-winning articles for a regional parenting magazine and her nonfiction has appeared nationally in The Writer and ByLine. Stacy is trained in Reiki, a form of hands-on healing which she practices on friends and family. When not busy with her husband and family, Stacy enjoys doing Tai Chi and reading mystery novels. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and is one of the authors with a featured article included in the organization’s newly revised marketing book for writers, Shameless Promotion for Brazen Hussies.
