The Houses of Forgotten Children

Larry Strattner is the author of several novels including, The Geek Assassin, Hot Extract (Geek Assassin II), Nurse Maggie Cooper and the Shaman Dawn, Queen of Hornets, Real Men Love Dynamite and Lola and the Raven, the continuation of the Nurse Maggie story, focused on Native American medicine and Shamanism. Four of Swords is his collection of shorter stories dedicated to visions of intrigue and mayhem. Strattner's novel, Ilium, co-authored with Thomas J. Keller, draws heavily on both Strattner and Keller's experience in top corporate marketing, sales and communication positions. Strattner's flash fiction stories have appeared in numerous literary e-magazines. He is a member of fictionaut.com. His short story, Exit Strategy, was a finalist in the Deadly Ink "best of the year" stories and was published in the Deadly Ink paperback edition. He served in marketing and sales management positions for major corporations and has on-site business experience in most of the industrialized world including project work in the Middle East, British Hong Kong and the New Territories of China. Larry and his family live in the far northern California Redwood Forest beside the Pacific Ocean.