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Liani Kotcher
Rektok Ross is the pen name of Liani Kotcher, a veteran trial attorney turned screenwriter, producer, and award-winning author. An avid reader since childhood, Liani writes exactly the kind of books she loves to escape into herself: exciting thrillers with strong female leads, swoonworthy love interests, and life-changing moments. Her debut young adult thriller SKI WEEKEND (SparkPress/Blackstone Publishing) has been named a “best book” of 2021 by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Parade, BookRiot, Yahoo!Life, Brit + Co., BookTrib, J-14, and more and was a Readers’ Favorite Book Awards Winner, a Readers Views Literary Awards Winner, an Independent Press Awards “Distinguished Favorite,” an American Fiction Awards Finalist, an IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist, and short-listed for the Chanticleer Dante Rossetti Book Awards. SKI WEEKEND has also been optioned for a major motion picture. Liani graduated from the University of Florida School of Journalism and obtained her juris doctorate at the University of Miami School of Law. Originally from South Florida, she currently splits her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles with her husband, stepkids, and her dogs. You can find her online just about anywhere at @RektokRoss, as well as on her website, www.RektokRoss.com, where she blogs about books and writing.