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Jana Oliver

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Born

in Iowa, The United States

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http://www.janaoliver.com

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Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers

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Jana Oliver is an international and Amazon bestselling author who lives in Portugal.

Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Prism Award, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and Supense as well as the National Readers' Choice Award.

Her books include The Demon Trappers Series and Briar Rose (Young Adult), time travel/historical mystery (The Time Rovers Series) and paranormal romance (Tangled Souls).

She is co-author of Socially Engaged: The Author's Guide to Social media, written with Tyra Burton.

She is happiest when she's researching urban legends, peering at old maps and adding to her growing collection of port and Portuguese wines.

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	Forsaken (The Demon Trappers, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 18,536 ratings — published 2011 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forbidden (The Demon Trappers, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 10,433 ratings — published 2010 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forgiven (The Demon Trappers, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 8,242 ratings — published 2012 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foretold (The Demon Trappers, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 6,409 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Retro Demonology (The Demon Trappers, #0.5) 3.74 avg rating — 1,544 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grave Matters (The Demon Trappers, #4.5) by Jana Oliver (Goodreads Author), Mark Helwig (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 947 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Briar Rose 3.44 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind Games (The Demon Trappers, #5) 4.27 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sojourn (Time Rovers, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 740 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Valiant Light (The Demon Trappers #6) 4.33 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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If someone had told Denver Beck that a poor boy from South Georgia would spend a full week hanging with Benedictine monks at an abbey in northern Scotland, he’d have told them they were drunk or stoned. Or both. Nevertheless, he had done just that at Pluscarden Abbey. Now that he was at the end of his studies as a grand master initiate, this la

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“The End is Nigh!" the man shouted.
"Is there still time for hot chocolate?" Riley asked.
The-End-is-Nigh guy blinked. "Ah, maybe, I don’t know.”
― Jana Oliver, Forbidden

tags: chocolate, end-of-the-world

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“Here I am with a seriously hunky guy and I'm covered in demon pee. Why does the universe hate me?”
― Jana Oliver, Forsaken

tags: urban-fantasy-demons

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“What did ya learn from this dumbass stunt?”
Here's where she was supposed to apologize, promise to be a good little girl and never do anything like this again.
Screw that.
Riley locked eyes with him. “I learned that the Holy Water better be fresh, that I need practice throwing the spheres, and that someone has to watch my back so asshats don't steal my demons.”
― Jana Oliver, Forsaken

tags: demon-trappers, denver-beck, jana-oliver, riley-blackthorne

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“a Biblio-Fiend. It might be small, but it could rip through a library like a chainsaw when it was in the proper mood. Which was pretty much all the time.”
― Jana Oliver, Retro Demonology

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message 15: by Giorgos

Sep 09, 2021 03:00AM

................. F A N T A S T I C .. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ....... from ........ Volos ........ GREECE .. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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message 14: by Andrea

Jan 09, 2014 02:23AM

Thank you so much for accepting my friend request!!! :)

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message 13: by Jana

Feb 26, 2013 08:02AM

Mistress Moon -

Wow, I really need to check my emails out here more often. (sighs).

The third book is out (FORGIVEN), though the cover now matches the UK books instead of the US ones. I understand the OCD thing, really I do. ;-)

Jana

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message 12: by Jana

Feb 26, 2013 07:59AM

Kayleigh,

Thank you for reading my books!

I have read the Morganville Vampire series and I love them! They rock.

Jana

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message 11: by Kayleigh ClaireDanvers

Feb 26, 2013 06:37AM

Kayleigh ClaireDanvers ClaireBear Grennan

Thank you for being my friend! and I am thanking you for writing such amazing books! I have cried through these and they made my life whole! THANK YOU!!! :)

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message 10: by Moekari

Sep 13, 2012 04:52PM

kiorana Jana

thank you for adding me and thank you for writing something so different that makes me want and need to read more about Riley!

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message 9: by NocturnalRavings(Jodie) (last edited Aug 23, 2012 03:26PM)

Aug 23, 2012 03:26PM

Is there going to be a US edition for the third Demon Trappers book? Hopefully with a matching cover,because my OCD likes matching covers. :D

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Dec 31, 2011 12:05PM

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message 7: by Jana

Aug 23, 2011 04:51PM

Sangria3 wrote: "Hi Jana! Thanks for your friendship! :)
I own Demon Trappers # 0.5 and #1 - I can't wait to read them. Should I start with #0.5 first or #1?"

My heavens! I should check my comments more often. Sorry! RETRO DEMONOLOGY is Riley's first solo trapping experience so if you want to get a taste her life, that'd be a good place to start.

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Aug 23, 2011 04:40PM