About J L: J L Mulvihill (Jen) is an author, screenwriter, editor, talk show host, and public speaker. She has two y/a series: Steel Roots written in the dystopian steampunk genre; and The Elsie Lind Chronicles written in the epic fantasy genre. Jen has co-edited Southern Haunts anthology which includes her own short stories and poetry. She has a variety of short stories published in multiple anthologies throughout the midsouth and northwest regions in the genres of steampunk and paranormal thrillers as well as her most recent stories His Eyes in Violet Windows anthology and Tea Muse in Dreams of a Tea Drinker. Jen has various published essays and poetry and has received an award for best screenplay in short format for her own short story Sand Mermaids.
J L Mulvihill is known not just for her writing but also her public speaking where she encourages other writers to hone their skills. Jen is currently working on several writing projects including four novels and a movie script.
You can find J L Mulvihill’s books and short stories at www.jlmulvihill.com as well as www.seventhstarpress.com, Literary Underworld, Barns and Noble, and Amazon, and including e-books in Nook, Kindle and Kobo internationally.
The Steel Roots Series
The Boxcar Baby
Synopsis: Born in a boxcar on a train bound for Georgia. At least that is what Papa Steel always told AB’Gale. But now, fifteen years later, the man who adopted and raised her as his own is missing and it’s up to AB’Gale to find him. Aided only by a motley gang of friends, AB’Gale train hops her way across the United States in a desperate attempt to find her papa and put her life and family back the way it was. Her only guide is a map given to her by a mysterious hobo, with hand written clues she found hidden in her papa’s spyglass. Here is the Great American Adventure in an alternate steampunk dystopian world, where fifteen-year-old AB’Gale Steel learns that nothing is as it seems, but instead is shrouded in secrets and mysteries … and that monsters come in all shapes and forms. The Boxcar Baby is the first book of the Steel Roots series.
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Crossings
Synopsis: Bishop Steel is still missing, so AB’Gale must follow the map continuing the search for her papa. Her quest leads Abby down dangerous paths that threaten to get her captured by the System. Danger lurks at every turn of the road, on every doorstep and every train.
Finding it difficult to know who to trust when she discovers she is now wanted for crimes against the System, Abby travels under the guise of a young boy. Conflicted with the desire to rid her world of the unjust or find her papa, Abby finds few friends amid hobos, air pirates, and entrepreneurs.
Abby finds that real friends will never abandon you, nor will they allow you to give up on your convictions. A true awakening to internal conflict and the desire to put right what is wrong, this is the great American adventure ringing with the sound of freedom along the steel routes.
Crossings is Book Two of the Steel Roots Series.
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Rails West
Synopsis: The System Regulatory Unit has determined that the responsible parties of last week’s explosion in Downtown St. Louis are none other than the notorious Abigail Steel and her band of pirates. She is wanted for questioning regarding numerous acts of rule breaking against the System. She is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached but informed upon at once.” Not only is her name misspelled, but the System has her description all wrong because AB’Gale Steel is not a criminal. She just wants to find her papa and now she feels she is so close, but will the System catch her before she finds him? And what about the marks on the map the old hobo gave her? What was Papa doing in all those places? Why is the System so concerned about Bishop Steel and his daughter? Are the people of America seething with frustration? And is there an insurgency boiling beneath the surface? All the answers lie within Rails West.
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