Mari Mancusi

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Mari Mancusi
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GenreYoung Adult, Young Adult, Romance

Mari Mancusi, sometimes credited as Marianne Mancusi, is an American author of middle grade young adult and new adult [1] novels and former Emmy Award winning television news producer.

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Bibliography

Blood Coven Vampires Series

  1. Boys That Bite (2006)
  2. Stake That (2006)
  3. Girls That Growl (2007)
  4. Bad Blood (2009)
  5. Night School (2010) [2]
  6. Blood Ties (2011)
  7. Soul Bound (2012)
  8. Blood Forever (2012)
  9. Blood Coven Vampires Volume One (2011)
  10. ‘’Once Upon a Vampire’’ (2017)

Scorched series

  1. Scorched (2013) [3]
  2. Shattered (2014)
  3. Smoked (2015)

Frozen series

Middle Grade novels

  1. "Golden Girl" (2015)
  2. "Princesses, Inc" (2017)
  3. "The Camelot Code: The Once and Future Geek” (2018)
  4. "The Camelot Code: Geeks and the Holy Grail" (2019)
  5. ”Dragon Ops” (2020)
  6. "Dragon Ops 2" (2021)

Standalone novels

Awards

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References

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  3. "Review: Scorched". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
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