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Katie Banks Palmer is another strong-willed female character that I created for my Science Fiction for Thinkers collection of sci-fi thrillers.

In The Dreamer Never Sleeps, my fourth novel, she's the "fortysomething" wife of Russell Palmer, the main character, and a capable hospital administrator who must re-apply for her own job under a new CEO title. But that's just one side of Katie Palmer.

Another side of her is being the wife of a man who is haunted by memories of his past and disturbed by dreams of the present and by the uninvited, flesh-and-blood presence of a visitor from the dreamworld. For Katie, this means an awakening she will never forget.

Authors Note: This outdated front cover is no longer available on my sixth novel "The Dreamer Never Sleeps" because all my books got new covers in 2012. I chose to not update this image here, in order to preserve the integrity of the original blog post. To see what this book looks like, as of 2012, just click on the image. 

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My sci-fi thrillers don't have the kind of "Mature" content that would disallow a teenage reader from having access to them. While there is some strong language once in while, it's not enough to make it "Mature". Any "Mature" content in my books would be in the form of the intellectual exercises required as readers ponder the speculative science or the historical and cultural references included in my fiction.

But the Science Fiction for Thinkers collection is not just for "Young Adult" readers, either, as some people erroneously label them. They're actually for "Older Adults" who know a little something about 20th Century history, American culture and the human condition, but who also thirst for 21st Century excitement, especially in the form of speculative science and the classic conflict between "Good" and "Evil".

That typically means Generation Xers and Baby Boomers. And older, but not necessarily. There are some bright and inquisitive young minds out there and my sci-fi-thrillers are most certainly for them, as well.