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'''Paul Genesse''' (born 1973) is a writer of young adult fantasy novels and a cardiac unit nurse at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.<ref name="stettler-2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/humanities-social-science/literature-literature/14049346-1.html|title=Doctors, dragons and dyslexia – a South Jordan writer's dream|first=Jeremiah|last=Stettler|date=December 3, 2009|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref><ref name="south-valley">{{cite journal|title=South Jordan author publishes first novel in fantasy series|first=Darci|last=Girdler|page=27|journal=South Valley Journal |publisher=The Valley Journals |date=August 7, 2008}}</ref> His first book, ''The Golden Cord'', was a best seller for Five Star Publishing.<ref name="stettler-2009"/><ref name="south-valley"/>
==Biography== Genesse graduated from Beatty High School in 1992 in Beatty, Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDEKJZaAp9E|title= Fox 5 in Las Vegas – Paul Genesse Media Spot Fox5Vegas|website= YouTube|date= May 27, 2008|accessdate=May 8, 2012}}</ref> While attending high school, Genesse decided he wanted to become a nurse.<ref name="Working with Heroes">{{cite web|url=http://home.nau.edu/about/profiles/profiles/?uid=genesse&cat=pioneer|title=Working with Heroes|publisher=Northern Arizona University|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> He graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in nursing from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona,<ref name="stettler-2009"/><ref name="south-valley"/> where he also took multiple writing classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.nau.edu/about/profiles/profiles/?uid=genesse&cat=pioneer|title=Working with Heroes|publisher=Northern Arizona University|accessdate=May 8, 2012}}</ref>
His writing has been influenced by television series such as ''M*A*S*H'' and ''China Beach'',<ref name="Working with Heroes"/> as well as ''The Lord of the Rings'' series by J. R. R. Tolkien.<ref name="Working with Heroes"/>
He currently lives in South Jordan, Utah.
==Works==
===''Iron Dragon'' series=== Genesse has published two volumes of his ''Iron Dragon'' series through Five Star Publishing,<ref name="stettler-2009"/> the science fiction and fantasy imprint of the publishing house Gale. The third book in the series was published through Iron Dragon Books. The first volume was a best seller for the publisher,<ref name="stettler-2009"/> and was reprinted multiple times.<ref name="south-valley"/> There are five books in the series.
# ''The Golden Cord'' (April 16, 2008, Five Star, {{ISBN|1-59414-659-4}}) # ''The Dragon Hunters'' (May 15, 2009, Five Star, {{ISBN|1-59414-825-2}}) # ''The Secret Empire'' (January 14, 2012, Iron Dragon, {{ISBN|0-9850038-0-4}}) # ''The Crystal Eye'' (forthcoming, Iron Dragon) # ''The Iron Brotherhood'' (finale, forthcoming, Iron Dragon)
===Short works=== He has also published a number of short stories in various anthologies and magazines. * "The Mob", published in ''Furry Fantastic'' ({{ISBN|0756403812}}, Daw Books, 2006) * "The Pirate Witch" in ''Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms'' ({{ISBN|0980208645}}, Walkabout Publishing, 2007) * "Almost Brothers" in ''Fellowship Fantastic'' ({{ISBN|0756404657}}, Daw Books, 2008) * "God Pays" in ''The Dimension Next Door'' ({{ISBN|0756405092}}, Daw Books, 2008) * "Greg and Eli" in ''Imaginary Friends'' ({{ISBN|0756405114}}, Daw Books, 2008) * "The Queen's Ransom" in ''Blue Kingdoms: Shades and Specters'' ({{ISBN|0980208610}}, Walkabout, 2008) * "Captain Maeve" in ''Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers'' ({{ISBN|0980208653}}, Walkabout, 2009) * "Kitty and the City" in ''Catopolis'' ({{ISBN|0756405149}}, Daw Books, 2009) * "Revenge of the Little Match Girl" in ''Terribly Twisted Tales'' ({{ISBN|0756405548}}, Daw Books, 2009) * "The Nubian Queen" in ''Steampunk'd'' ({{ISBN|0756406439}}, Daw Books, 2010) * "The Cost of a Tasmanian Tiger" in ''The Chain Story'' created by Mike Stackpole<ref name="chain-story">{{cite web|url=http://chainstory.stormwolf.com/?p=341|title=The Cost of a Tasmanian Tiger|first=Paul|last=Genesse|date=January 17, 2011|accessdate=September 27, 2011|publisher=The Chain Story}}</ref>
===As editor=== * ''The Crimson Pact, Volume 1'' ({{ISBN|0983263159}}, Alliteration Ink, 2011) * ''The Crimson Pact, Volume 2'' ({{ISBN|0984006508}}, Alliteration Ink, 2011) * ''The Crimson Pact, Volume 3'' ({{ISBN|0984006559}}, Alliteration Ink, 2012) * ''The Crimson Pact, Volume 4'' ({{ISBN|978-0-9858254-6-1}}, Alliteration Ink, 2012)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{isfdb name|id=Paul_Genesse|name=Paul Genesse}}
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