Tina Gower is an award-winning author known for her contributions to speculative fiction, mystery, and romance. She won the Writers of the Future contest and the Daphne du Maurier Award for Mystery and Suspense in the paranormal category. Writing under the pen name Alice Faris, she was also nominated for the Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® Award. Her short stories have appeared in various professional publications, showcasing her versatility across genres.
Born and raised in a rural Northern California community, Gower's background is as distinctive as her writing. She grew up raising guide dogs for the blind and has worked as a school psychologist and counselor, drawing from her experiences in mental health and education. Her volunteer work with the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health team further reflects her commitment to community service. Despite being dyslexic, Gower has crafted a successful writing career, balancing her creative pursuits with her professional life.
Represented by Rebecca Strauss at DeFiore and Company, Gower continues to engage readers with her imaginative storytelling. Her unique blend of mystery, paranormal elements, and romance has earned her recognition in the literary world. Whether through short fiction or longer works, she remains a compelling voice in contemporary genre writing.
The Outlier Prophecies Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Romancing the Null
2016
2
Conditional Probability of Attraction
2016
3
The Werewolf Coefficient
2016
4
Standard Deviation of Death
2016
5
Big Bad Becker
2016
6
Shifter Variance
2016
7
Correlation of Fate
2017
8
Half Cup Magic
2018
9
Moon Kissed
2019
Stellar Guild Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Tau Ceti (By: Kevin J. Anderson, Steven Savile)
2011
2
On the Train ( By: Rachel Turtledove)
2012
3
When the Blue Shift Comes (By: Robert Silverberg, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
2012
4
New Under the Sun ( By: Nancy Kress)
2013
5
The Aethers of Mars (By: Eric Flint)
2014
6
Red Tide (By: Larry Niven, Matthew Joseph Harrington, Brad R. Torgersen)
2014
7
Inci (With: Mike Resnick)
2015
8
Wishing on a Star (By: Jody Lynn Nye)
2015
Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Unidentified Funny Objects (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael Kurland, Marko Kloos, Ken Liu, Jamie Lackey, Jake Kerr, Alex Shvartsman, Jennifer Pelland, Charity Tahmaseb, Deborah Walker, Don Sakers, Chuck Rothman, Zach Shephard, Sergei Lukyanenko, Bruce Golden, Stephanie Burgis, Stephen D. Rogers, Scott Almes, Leah Cypess, Siobhan Gallagher, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Beamon, Jeff Stehman, Anatoly Belilovsky, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, K.G. Jewell, David Sklar)
2012
2
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (By: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Fran Wilde, Jim C. Hines, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Heather Lindsley, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Michelle Ann King, Konstantine Paradias, J.W. Alden, Desmond Warzel, Wade Albert White, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, M.C.A. Hogarth, K.G. Jewell)
2013
3
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 (By: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kevin J. Anderson, Jim C. Hines, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Caroline M. Yoachim, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Guy Anthony De Marco, Gini Koch, Jeremy R. Butler, Oliver Buckram, Krystal Claxton, Camille Griep, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, James A. Miller, Jakob Drud)
2014
4
Funny Science Fiction (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Lawrence M. Schoen, Cat Rambo, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Mike Rimar, Shaenon K. Garrity, Alex Shvartsman, Brian Trent, Dantzel Cherry, Desmond Warzel, Oliver Buckram, James Beamon, Anatoly Belilovsky, Leonard Richardson)
2015
5
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (With: George R.R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Neil Gaiman, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Ian Creasey, Caroline M. Yoachim, Tina Connolly, Anaea Lay, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Michael J. Martinez, Oliver Buckram, Andrew Kaye, Brent C. Smith, Laura Pearlman, Eric Kaplan, James Aquilone, Jonathan Ems)
2015
6
Funny Fantasy (By: Alex Shvartsman)
2016
7
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Gerrold, Tim Pratt, Caroline M. Yoachim, Shaenon K. Garrity, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Daniel J. Davis, Gini Koch, Bill Ferris, James Wesley Rogers, Nathan Hillstrom, Mitchell Shanklin, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney)
2016
8
Funny Horror (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Darrell Schweitzer, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Lucy A. Snyder, Amanda C. Davis, Eric James Stone, Alex Shvartsman, Julia S. Mandala, Barbara A. Barnett, Scott Alexander)
2017
9
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (By: Mike Resnick, Jack Campbell, Jim C. Hines, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Alan Dean Foster, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Ken Liu, Tina Connolly, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Melissa Mead, Gini Koch, Langley Hyde, Bill Ferris, P.J. Sambeaux, Rod M. Santos, G.J. Koch, Tatiana Ivanova)
2017
10
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 (By: Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, Esther M. Friesner, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Val Nolan, Matthew Bailey, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Richard Anderson, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Langley Hyde, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney, Beth Goder, C. Flynt, Greg Sisco, Elin Korund, David Vaughan, Jamie Gilman Kress)
2018
11
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (By: Simon R. Green, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Michael M. Jones, David Gerrold, Wendy Mass, Jamie Lackey, Alex Shvartsman, Larry Hodges, Gini Koch, James Beamon, James Wesley Rogers, Chris Hepler, Galen Westlake, Kurt Pankau, J.J. Litke, Rob Dircks, Jordan Chase-Young, Amy Lynwander, Mike Morgan, Jared Oliver Adams, Illimani Ferreira, Eric D. Leavitt, Beth Goder, C. Flynt)
2020
12
Unidentified Funny Objects 9 (By: Alex Shvartsman)
2022
L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books