#1 International bestselling and multi-award winning thriller author
Avanti Centrae is an adrenaline junkie who drives too fast and loves to tell stories that make readers' hearts pound faster.
She's honored to have won fourteen literary awards, including a Chanticleer Genre grand prize for both The Lost Power and Solstice Shadows. The Doomsday Medallion won Best Political Thriller at the annual BestThrillers.com contest and Cleopatra’s Vendetta took home a gold medal in the Conspiracy Thrillers category at the Readers’ Favorite Awards ceremony.
Her smart, adrenaline-laced action thrillers have hit the Top 100 bestseller lists in the United States, Canadian, and Australian Amazon Kindle stores as well as the Barnes & Noble Nook store.
She’s appeared on multiple radio shows, including NPR, and has been featured in dozens of podcasts and interviews to discuss her trademark blend of thrills. Mystery & Suspense Magazine, Authority Magazine, Killer Nashville, and Thrive Global have published her articles and she was mentioned in Newsweek.
She finds inspiration from her father, who served as a U.S. marine corporal in Okinawa, gathering military intelligence. Avanti graduated from Purdue University with honors and has spent time in a spectrum of professions, from lifeguard and raft guide to Silicon Valley IT executive. When not traveling the world or hiking in the Sierra mountains, she’s writing her next thriller in Northern California, helped by her family and distracted by her German shepherds.
She's honored to have won fourteen literary awards, including a Chanticleer Genre grand prize for both The Lost Power and Solstice Shadows. The Doomsday Medallion won Best Political Thriller at the annual BestThrillers.com contest and Cleopatra’s Vendetta took home a gold medal in the Conspiracy Thrillers category at the Readers’ Favorite Awards ceremony.
Her smart, adrenaline-laced action thrillers have hit the Top 100 bestseller lists in the United States, Canadian, and Australian Amazon Kindle stores as well as the Barnes & Noble Nook store.
She’s appeared on multiple radio shows, including NPR, and has been featured in dozens of podcasts and interviews to discuss her trademark blend of thrills. Mystery & Suspense Magazine, Authority Magazine, Killer Nashville, and Thrive Global have published her articles and she was mentioned in Newsweek.
She finds inspiration from her father, who served as a U.S. marine corporal in Okinawa, gathering military intelligence. Avanti graduated from Purdue University with honors and has spent time in a spectrum of professions, from lifeguard and raft guide to Silicon Valley IT executive. When not traveling the world or hiking in the Sierra mountains, she’s writing her next thriller in Northern California, helped by her family and distracted by her German shepherds.
non-literary accomplishments and interests
Former Silicon Valley IT Director
Purdue University BS Degree in Computer Information Systems, with honors
High School Valedictorian
World Traveler, Raft Guide, Life Guard, Water Skier, Backpacker, Hiker