Anthea Carson

Anthea Carson is the co-author of the bestselling chess book, "Tactics Time," co-author of Game of Kings," "How to Play Chess Like an Animal," a children's chess book based on chess openings with animal names, as well as a children's tactics puzzle book, and several novels and novellas including "The Dark Lake," a psychological suspense as complex and twisted as any chess game, and a chess based novel, "Game of Kings, A Thrilling Modern Reimagining of Pride and Prejudice." She is a tournament chess player, a chess coach, and the Game 60 Female US Chess champion of 2004. Anthea obtained her bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, with an emphasis in literature and mathematics. Her fiction writings include a trilogy, several novellas and short stories, some of which, unsurprisingly, are about female chess players in the male dominated world of tournament chess. She currently resides in Colorado Springs with her husband and two children.

Her book Tactics Time 2 is now available in paperback right here: http://www.amazon.com/Tactics-Time-Chess-Everyday-Players/dp/9056915371/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399311781&sr=1-4&keywords=tactics+time+2