Vicki Pettersson (born November 26, 1972) is anAmerican author known for herSigns of the Zodiacurban fantasy series andCelestial Blues trilogy, both set in modern-dayLas Vegas. The Zodiac series follows casino heiress Joanna Archer, who discovers on her 25th birthday that she has superpowers.^[2] The Celestial Blues features a P.I. angel and a rockabilly reporter who join forces to fight crime in a noir/paranormal hybrid fiction.^[3] As of 2013, she is actively writing straight thrillers.

Pettersson was born and raised in Las Vegas,Nevada and was a showgirl for "Les Folies Bergere" for 10 years at the Tropicana before giving up show business to be a mother and author.^[4][5]

Pettersson chose Las Vegas as the setting for her Zodiac series because she says, "it's the best possible place in the world for strange characters, and because I know it well."^[6][7]

Sign of the Zodiac Series

• The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac (March 2007,ISBN 978-0-06-089891-5)
• The Taste of Night: The Second Sign of the Zodiac (April 2007,ISBN 978-0-06-089892-2)
• The Touch of Twilight: The Third Sign of the Zodiac (May 2008,ISBN 978-0-06-089893-9)
• City of Souls: The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac (June 2009,ISBN 978-0-06-145678-7)^[7]
• Cheat the Grave: The Fifth Sign of the Zodiac (May 2010,ISBN 978-0-06-145677-0)
• Neon Graveyard: The Sixth Sign of the Zodiac (May 2011,ISBN 978-0-06-145679-4)^[2]

Celestial Blues Trilogy

• The Taken: Celestial Blues Book One (June 2012,ISBN 978-0-06-206464-6)^[3]
• The Lost: Celestial Blues Book Two (March 2013,ISBN 978-0-06-206465-3)
• The Given: Celestial Blues Book Three (May 2014,ISBN 978-0-06-206620-6)

• Swerve: A Thriller (July 2015,ISBN 1476798575)

• Official website
• Vicki Pettersson at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database

• 1971 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American novelists
• American fantasy writers
• American women short story writers
• Writers from Las Vegas
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• 21st-century American women novelists
• 21st-century American short story writers

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