title: Adrienne Monson
text: # Adrienne Monson
  
  Adrienne Monson (born July 27, 1983) is an American writer.
  
  ## Biography
  
  A Utah native, Monson currently resides in American Fork, Utah. She was the winner of 2009 Oquirrh Writers contest and placed in the 2010 Utah RWA's Great Beginnings contest.
  
  Monson was married in 2005, and has two children. She is writing book three in the Blood Inheritance Trilogy.
  
  ## Writing
  
  Monson published her first novel, Dissension, through Jolly Fish Press on February 23, 2013, to generally positive reviews. Dissension tells the story about Leisha, who was once a loving mother with an ideal family. Though this was over two thousand years ago, Leisha still holds that time dear to her heart. But for now, she must focus on trying to escape the eternal and bloody war between her kind—the Vampires—and the Immortals, an undying race sworn to destroy her people. Soon, Leisha finds herself captured by the government only to be saved by a young and mysterious human girl. What entails is the beginning of a long and torturous journey as Leisha and her newfound friend run for their lives while searching for the one thing that can end it all—the prophecy child.
  
  This is book one in The Blood Inheritance Trilogy.
  
  ## Selected works
  
  * Dissension (2013)
  
  ### Short works
  
  * Convoluted (2012)
  * Death by Proxy (2012)
  