Avanti Centrae
American novelist
Avanti Centrae is an American novelist who is the author of the VanOps (Vanguard Operations) thriller book series and the novel Cleopatra's Vendetta.
Biography
Centrae was born as Kathy Baker in Paulding, Ohio.
She graduated Valedictorian of Fremont High School in 1982 and earned a Computer Technology degree from Purdue University in 1986. Shortly after college, she moved to California, where she had a short stint as a journalist at a Sacramento, California weekly newspaper. While in her 20's, she legally changed her name from Kathy Baker to Avanti Centrae. For several summers she worked as a raft guide on the rapids of the American River in California.
She worked as a Silicon Valley IT executive before quitting, at the age of 53, to pursue her dream of being an author.
Her debut novel, The Lost Power is the first book in the VanOps action-adventure/thriller series. The novel deals with the quest for superconductivity and electromagnetic pulse weapons, an idea influenced by her experience as an IT executive in Silicon Valley.
Centrae is a member of the Author's Guild, Sister's in Crime, and the International Thriller Writers.
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