The Romanov Prophecy
by Steve Berry

List Price: $6.99
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0345460065
Publisher: Fawcett Books

Steve Berry lives on the Georgia coast in Camden County. He's a lawyer who, for twenty-five years, has helped people both in and out of the courtroom. He's also active in local politics, having served on the Camden County Board of Education and, currently, he is one of five members of the Camden County Board of Commissioners.

Steve has been writing since 1990. In 2000 and 2001 he won the Georgia State Bar fiction writing contest and his two short stories appeared in the Georgia State Bar Journal. He also tried his hand at novel contests. An early version of his first published novel, The Amber Room, placed third at the 1998 Florida First Coast Writers Festival.

Though his undergraduate degree was in political science, and he was trained as a lawyer, it was Steve's interest in history that led to him writing international suspense thrillers. He also credits the nuns who taught him in elementary school with instilling the discipline needed to both craft a novel, then sell it to a publisher. It took Steve 12 years --- 85 rejections over 5 different manuscripts --- before Ballantine Books bought a manuscript.

Steve's wife, Amy, accompanies him on all his trips and snapped the photo of Steve that appears on the cover of both novels. Together, they have spent time in the Caribbean, Mexico, Germany, Austria, England, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, France, and Denmark. While researching The Amber Room and The Romanov Prophecy, Steve visited Germany, Austria, and Russia.

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