Orton, D.L.

Orton, D.L.
Current Location
Front Range of the Rockies
Author's Website
http://dlorton.com/website/
Occupation(s)
Time Machine Mechanic
Biography

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR D. L. ORTON lives in the Rocky Mountains where she and her husband are raising three boys, a golden retriever, two Siberian cats, and an extremely long-lived Triops. In her spare time, she's building a time machine so that someone can go back and do the laundry.

Awards/Honors
Publishers Weekly "Booklife Prize in Fiction" Quarter-Finalist (CIT 2016 and DT 2017)
Next Generation Indie Book Awards, E-book Fiction Finalist (CIT 2017)
Colorado Book Award Finalist, Science Fiction (2017)
Book Excellence Awards Winner, Science Fiction (2016)
Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner, Audiobook (2016)
SWIRL Awards Finalist, Science Fiction (2016)
Indie Excellence Book Award Winner, Cross-Genre Fiction (2016)
USA Best Book Award Finalist, Cross-Genre Fiction (2016)
International Book Award Finalist, Cross-Genre Fiction (2016)
Colorado Gold Finalist, Science Fiction (2015)
Novel Beginnings Award Winner, Science Fiction (2015)
Education/Training
Ms. Orton is a graduate of Stanford University's Writers Workshop and a past editor of <em>Top of the Western Staircase</em>, a literary publication of CU, Boulder. The author has a number of short stories published in online literary magazines, including Literotica, Melusine, Cosmoetica, The Ranfurly Review, and Catalyst Press.
Local Authors Genres
Fantasy/Magical realism
General Fiction
Science Fiction
Short Stories
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Published Works
Crossing in Time (Between Two Evils #1)(Rocky Mt. Press, 2015)
Lost Time (Between Two Evils #2)(Rocky Mt. Press, 2016)
Dead Time (Between Two Evils #3)(Rocky Mt. Press, 2017)
The Last Star and Other Stories (Rocky Mt. Press, 2016)
Uncommon Origins (Fighting Monkey Press, 2016)
Published Works Book Jackets
Interviews
Rocky Mountain Press Author Interview: D.L. Orton
Organizations
Independent Book Publishers Association
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Writing a book series - Indie publishing - How to find an editor, publisher, and audience