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Serita Stevens

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Serita Deborah Stevens Born in Chicago, Serita (a registered nurse) came out to Los Angles when offered a teaching job at USC. With her master’s in writing (with honors) from Antioch University in London, England, she went on to become well known in the romance and mystery field. Working as an investigative reporter for CBS (Chicago), she helped discover a hospital in the northern suburb who pretended to heal cancer patients with falsified alternative methods. Her first published book This Bitter Ecstasy, a historical romance from Pocket Books was her introduction to the film industry when she was asked if she could write a treatment of the book for possible adaptation. She continued writing historical romances including Tame the Wild Heart – a story of James II’s foray into Ireland; Daughters of Desire – French Canada, Lightning and Fire – a dramatized story of Deborah, the prophet (Judges 4/5-The script was finalist in several contests including Karios.) Turning her attention to mystery and suspense she wrote historical suspense as The Bloodstone Inheritance, (young adult mysteries ) Unholy Alliance (nominated for Best Book for the Reluctant Reader from the American Library Association,) Deceptive Desire (a western female driven suspense now in script form as Logan’s Land optioned several times) Red Sea, Dead Sea and Bagels For Tea (the Fanny Zindel novels – a Jewish Murder She Wrote) and many more, including ghosting and adaptations. She was hired by the studio to write the prequel of the TV series Cagney and Lacey. Her award winning short story, The Unborn, about an unborn child who vows revenge on her mother’s killer is a short and will soon be out as a feature and a book. As an RN trained in forensics she assists writers with their medical, investigative and forensic questions for their stories. Her two non-fiction books are– The Book of Poisons – written in plain English helps writers to correctly murder their victims. On October 22,