Avanti Centrae

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Avanti Centrae
BornPaulding, Ohio
OccupationNovelist
EducationBachelor's degree
Alma materPurdue University
GenreThriller, action-adventure, mystery
Website
www.avanticentrae.com

Avanti Centrae is an American novelist who is the author of the VanOps (Vanguard Operations) thriller book series and the novel Cleopatra's Vendetta. [1]

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Biography

Centrae was born as Kathy Baker [2] in Paulding, Ohio.

She graduated Valedictorian of Fremont High School in 1982 and earned a Computer Technology degree from Purdue University in 1986. [2] Shortly after college, she moved to California, where she had a short stint as a journalist at a Sacramento, California weekly newspaper. While in her 20's, she legally changed her name from Kathy Baker to Avanti Centrae. [2] For several summers she worked as a raft guide on the rapids of the American River in California.

She worked as a Silicon Valley IT executive before quitting, at the age of 53, to pursue her dream of being an author. [3]

Her debut novel, The Lost Power is the first book in the VanOps action-adventure/thriller series. The novel deals with the quest for superconductivity and electromagnetic pulse weapons, an idea influenced by her experience as an IT executive in Silicon Valley. [4]

Centrae is a member of the Author's Guild, [5] Sister's in Crime, [6] and the International Thriller Writers. [7] She resides in Northern California.

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