- Allie Bates
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birthdate = May, birth year and age|1957
birthplace =Memphis, Tennessee ,United States
occupation =novelist , editor
nationality = American
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genre = Romance,Science Fiction
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website =Allie Bates (born Memphis, May, 1957) is an American award-winning short story writer who has also written Romance and Science Fiction novels. She is also an English teacher and freelance editor. [cite web| url =http://www.ifreelance.com/provider/detail.aspx?providerid=9919| title = Allie Bates Profile| publisher =iFreelance.com| accessdate =2007-08-08]
Biography
Bates received her BA in Creative Writing from the
University of Memphis , and her Masters from the University of Memphis College of Education. In the days before the internet she worked in Writer's Ink andMacintosh BBS onGEnie . She has written forWoman's World , Byline Magazine,Marion Zimmer Bradley Fantasy Magazine, Writers on the River andSoftdisk Magazine among others. She has written under the name Allie Bates and under other pseudonyms; and has ghostwritten books, screenplays, speeches and blogs.She has won and/or placed in numerous writing competitions, such as the Tupelo Gumtree Festival Short Fiction Competition, NOLA’s Novel Beginnings, Deep South Writer’s Competition. Bates edits for New Age Dimensions Publishing, Dark Romance Novel Group, and Zumaya Press. Her medieval novel [http://earthchildseries.com Earthchild] ISBN 1-59611-016-3 was well received.
Novelspot
Currently she writes reviews for "
Novelspot " an online magazine, and has written for other review sites in the past. The initial core of Novelspot is currently made up of Bates, Steve Lazarowitz, and Theresa Rhodes. Novelspot's noteworthy contributors include Mike Resnick, Diana Gabaldon and hundreds of others. In 2007, Novelspot was recognized byWriter's Digest as one of the top 101 sites for writers. [cite web| url =http://www.writersdigest.com/101sites/categorysearch.asp?year_101=2007| title =101 Best Websites For Writers 2007| publisher =Writersdigest.com| accessdate =2007-08-08]References
External links
* [http://novelspot.net/ Novelspot]
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