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Vicki Pettersson

The New York Times bestselling author of The Taken and the Sign of the Zodiac series—and former showgirl—Vicki Pettersson was born and raised in Sin City. Though she'll always consider that glittering dust bowl home, she now divides her time between Las Vegas and Dallas, where she's learning to like good Tex-Mex (easy) and the Dallas Cowboys (easier than you'd think).