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About Veronica Knox

Veronica Knox has a Fine Arts Degree from the University of Alberta, where she studied Art History, Classical Studies, and Painting. In her career as a graphic designer, illustrator, private art teacher, and ‘fine artist,’ she has also worked with the brain-injured and autistic, developing new theories of hand-to-eye-to-mind connection. Veronica lives on the west coast of Canada, supporting local animal rescue shelters, painting, writing, editing other author’s novels, and championing the conservation of tigers and elephants, and their habitats. Her artwork and visuals to support ‘Second Lisa’ may be viewed on her website - www.veronicaknox.com

OUT OF FAIRNESS

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Veronica Knox

HOW PERVERSE IS THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE? ARE TOO MANY INDIE BOOKS BORN FREE? Of course, I meant to say, ‘reborn free’ after a brief float in the harbor of desperate measures, and before embarking on a doomed journey … Continue reading →

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WALK THIS WAY

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Veronica Knox

Sometimes, to understand history, you must put yourself in another person’s shoes. Walk with me… Pretend for a moment that you are a master painter. You live in fifteenth-century Florence. It takes you over a year to complete a masterpiece. … Continue reading →

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The first cellular phone?

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Veronica Knox

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN I see an angel reading a text message. This painting, Tobias and the Angel (c. 1467) from the studio of Andrea Verrocchio, is considered to contain three of the earliest instances of painting by Leonardo … Continue reading →

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THANKSGIVING MUSEUM

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Veronica Knox

Museums house the collective dreams of the anthropologist in each of us. We humans celebrate a general curiosity and regard for antiquities. But most of all, we ‘exhibit’ an inherent need for ‘DESIDERATA (Latin for ‘DESIRED THINGS’). More energetic than … Continue reading →

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A TIMELY NOTE

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Veronica Knox

Readers from the U.S. and the U.K. may purchase ‘TWINTER-the first portal’ for 99 cents/pence from today until October 14th Canadians may read it free on Kindle Unlimited. The regular Kindle price will resume on October 15th for $7.99 to … Continue reading →

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TIME-SLIPPING AWAY

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Veronica Knox

‘TWINTER’ GOES EXTRA TIME-SENSITIVE ‘TWINTER – the first portal’ by V Knox, a new  middle-grade TIME-SLIP MYSTERY will be a 99 cent Kindle TOMORROW from OCTOBER 7th -14th on: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0993738044 Bede Hall has topiaries that wander about at night, a colony of … Continue reading →

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DEAR INDIANA JONES

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Veronica Knox

IS IT EVER TOO LATE TO GET THE WORD OUT? Think of poverty stricken Van Gogh – a posthumous billionaire. Is that the sound of an artist turning in his grave? BOOKS OF FUTURE PAST So here’s the scene: it’s … Continue reading →

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BEING ON TIME

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Veronica Knox

HEART HISTORY & THE FINE ART OF TIME TRAVEL I ART My historical research is a personal renaissance of time-slipping into the past and materializing –truly being there, here, and everywhere via the art of 360 degrees of travel, and twenty-twenty vision. … Continue reading →

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CLOCKING THE PAST

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Veronica Knox

SLIP SLIDING AWAY So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. – F. Scott Fitzgerald _______________________________ Psychic thirteen-year-old twins, the newest residents of Bede Hall, a haunted English stately home in the heart of Northumberland, … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Veronica Knox

A TRUTH by any other name should smell as sweet  As an author I want to give my characters ideal names. They deserve the best. They deserve names that represent who they are at their core – a DNA signpost … Continue reading →

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