{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox writer | name = Colleen Gleason | image = | caption = | pseudonym = Colleen Cambridge<br>C. M. Gleason<br>Alex Mandon | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education =University of Michigan (MBA) | occupation = Novelist | notableworks = ''The Gardella Vampire Chronicles'' | nationality = American | period = | genre = Vampire romance, young adult fiction, science fiction | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = {{URL|http://www.colleengleason.com/}} }} '''Colleen Gleason''' is an American writer.
== Biography == Colleen Gleason lives near Ann Arbor, Michigan<ref name="penguin">{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000069164,00.html|title=Colleen Gleason - About Colleen Gleason|accessdate=3 June 2012|archive-date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525164723/http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000069164,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> with her husband and children.<ref>{{cite web|language=it|url=http://www.newtoncompton.com/autore/colleen-gleason|title=Colleen Gleason|accessdate=1 June 2012}}</ref><ref name="allthingsgirl" /> She has a degree in English and an MBA from the University of Michigan.<ref name="penguin" /> She started writing in primary school and wrote nine complete stories before selling the first book of her ''The Gardella Vampire Chronicles''<ref name="allthingsgirl" /> series to a division of Penguin Books, which published it in January 2007:<ref name="allthingsgirl" /> the series arrives at a conclusion in March 2009. In 2008 she wrote a short story, a prequel to the series, titled ''In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead'', published first in the ''Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance'', then as ''Victoria Gardella: Vampire Slayer''. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in sales and marketing and started her own business<ref name="allthingsgirl" /> in the insurance field.<ref>{{cite news|language=it|url=http://www.fantasymagazine.it/notizie/15598/i-bluenocturne-di-ottobre/|title=I BlueNocturne di ottobre|date=30 October 2011|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2010, she started the six-novel series ''The Envy Chronicles'', written using the pen name Joss Ware. In 2011, she wrote ''The Regency Draculia'' trilogy.
She has also written short stories. In 2010, she collaborated with Mary Balogh, Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany in a paranormal tribute to Jane Austen, writing "Northanger Castle" for the book ''Bespelling Jane Austen'', published on October 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colleengleason.com/the-gardella-vampire-chronicles.html|title=The Gardella Vampire Chronicles|accessdate=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419131347/http://www.colleengleason.com/the-gardella-vampire-chronicles.html|archive-date=19 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Pseudonyms === Gleason's writing has spanned genres in part due to her use of pen names in her career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.colleengleason.com/pen-names/|title=Books by Pen Names|access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref> Under the pseudonyms "Colleen Cambridge" and "Alex Mandon", she has written amateur sleuth fiction in historical and international storylines. Under the former nom de plume, she has featured iconic female celebrities in fictionalized stories of their lives, including Agatha Christie and Julia Child. She also wrote the ''Marina Alexander Adventures'' series as "C.M. Gleason".
== Bibliography == === Series === ==== ''The Gardella Vampire Chronicles'' ==== # ''The Rest Falls Away'' (January 2, 2007) # ''Rises the Night'' (June 2, 2007) # ''The Bleeding Dusk'' (February 5, 2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogcritics.org/books/article/an-interview-with-colleen-gleason-author/page-3/|title=An Interview with Colleen Gleason, Author of The Gardella Vampire Chronicles - Page 3|date=2 October 2007|accessdate=2 June 2012|archive-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707050244/http://blogcritics.org/books/article/an-interview-with-colleen-gleason-author/page-3/|url-status=dead}}</ref> # ''When Twilight Burns'' (August 5, 2008)<ref name="allthingsgirl">{{cite news|url=http://allthingsgirl.com/2008/08/interview-with-author-colleen-gleason-by-melissa-a-bartell/|title=Interview with author Colleen Gleason by Melissa A. Bartell|date=August 2008|accessdate=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150253/http://allthingsgirl.com/2008/08/interview-with-author-colleen-gleason-by-melissa-a-bartell/|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> # ''As Shadows Fade'' (March 3, 2009) # ''Roaring Midnight'' (June 18, 2013) # ''Roaring Shadows'' (August 2015) # ''Roaring Dawn'' (July 2016)
==== ''Envy Chronicles'' ==== # ''Beyond the Night'' (2010) # ''Embrace the Night Eternal'' (2010) # ''Abandon the Night'' (March 2010) # ''Night Betrayed'' (January 2011) # ''Night Forbidden'' (August 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colleengleason.com/joss-ware-books.html|title=Joss Ware Books|accessdate=2 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525002456/http://www.colleengleason.com/joss-ware-books.html|archive-date=25 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> # ''Night Resurrected'' (May 2016)
==== ''The Regency Draculia Series'' ==== # ''The Vampire Voss'' (March 22, 2011) # ''The Vampire Dimitri'' (April 19, 2011) # ''The Vampire Narcise'' (May 24, 2011)
==== ''Medieval Herb Garden'' ==== # ''Lavender Vows'' (2011) # ''Sanctuary of Roses'' (March 15, 2011) # ''A Whisper Of Rosemary'' (April 1, 2011)
==== ''Stoker & Holmes'' ==== # ''The Clockwork Scarab'' (September 17, 2013) # ''The Spiritglass Charade'' (October 4, 2014) # ''The Chess Queen Enigma'' (October 6, 2015) # ''The Carnelian Crow'' (July 1, 2017) #The Zeppelin Deception (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Zeppelin Deception|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27074791-the-zeppelin-deception|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=Good Reads}}</ref>
=== Novels === * ''Siberian Treasure'' (February 4, 2011) * ''The Cards of Life and Death'' (March 4, 2011) * ''The Shop of Shades and Secrets'' (May 3, 2011)
===Short stories=== *"In Which a Masquerade Ball Unmasks an Undead" in ''The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance'' (2008)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance|oclc=191926422}}</ref> *"Northanger Castle" in ''Bespelling Jane Austen'' (2010)<ref>{{cite book|title=Bespelling Jane Austen|oclc=748684830}}</ref>
=== As Colleen Cambridge === ==== ''Phyllida Bright Mysteries'' ==== # ''Murder at Mallowan Hall'' (October 26, 2021) # ''A Trace of Poison'' (October 25, 2022) # ''Murder by Invitation Only'' (September 26, 2023) # ''Murder Takes the Stage'' (August 23, 2024) # ''Two Truths and a Murder'' (October 28, 2025)
==== ''American in Paris Mysteries'' ==== # ''Mastering the Art of French Murder'' (April 25, 2023) # ''A Murder Most French'' (April 23, 2024) # ''A Fashionably French Murder'' (April 29, 2025) # ''In the Spirit of French Murder'' (April 28, 2026)
==== ''Quinn & Gates Mysteries'' ==== # ''Murder at Lincoln's Gala'' (November 28, 2017) # ''Murder in Lincoln's Library'' (August 28, 2018) # ''Murder at the Capitol'' (January 28, 2020)
=== As C.M. Gleason === ==== ''Marina Alexander Mysteries'' ==== # ''Siberian Treasure'' (March 5, 2015) # ''Amazon Roulette'' (April 1, 2015) # ''Sanskrit Cipher'' (June 15, 2021)
=== As Alex Mandon === ==== ''Belle-Époque Mysteries'' ==== # ''Murder at the Champs-Élyssés'' (December 21, 2016)
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.colleengleason.com/}} * [http://www.joss-ware.com/ Official website (as Joss Ware)] *{{ISFDB name|id=Colleen_Gleason|name=Colleen Gleason}} <!-- navboxes --> {{Library resources box|by=yes|onlinebooks=yes|viaf=26507858}}
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