birth_place nationality notableworks name birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
fairbanks , alaska , us american the taker , the reckoning , the descent alma katsu 29 november 1959 paranormal dark fantasy romance , historical fiction , gothic fiction , almakatsu-111color-1 . jpg alma katsu
 alma katsu author , novelist , writer
alma katsu

alma katsu -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is an american writer of adult fiction .
her best-known work is `` the taker '' , a literary novel with historical and fantasy elements that was published in 2011 and recognized as one of the ten best debut novels of the year by the american library association .
her books have been translated into over a dozen languages , the united kingdom , brazil , spain and italy .
she has also had a 29-year career in the us federal government working in a number of positions dealing with intelligence and foreign policy , with an emphasis on technology issues .
since 2012 she has worked as a senior policy analyst for the rand corporation .
