L. A. Starks

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Texan L. A. Starks is the author of the award-winning Lynn Dayton thriller series: 1) 13 DAYS: THE PYTHAGORAS CONSPIRACY, 2) STRIKE PRICE, 3) THE SECOND LAW, and 4) WINNER'S CURSE. Each can be read as a stand-alone.

THE SECOND LAW was a mystery/thriller quarterfinalist in the 2019 BookLife Prize competition, an Action/Adventure finalist in the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards, and a quarterfinalist in the 2023 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition.

WINNER'S CURSE was a finalist in the 2025 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards and in the 2026 Indies Today Awards. It was also awarded a 2026 Book Readers Appreciation Group (B.R.A.G.) Medallion.

Among her short stories, "Contingent on Death," published in the 2026 anthology, Short Stories by Texas Authors, Volume 11, was the grand prize winner.

All books are available in print, on Kindle, and as Amazon Virtual Voice Audible audiobooks.

L. A. Starks earned a B.S. (engineering) at Tulane University and an MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Besides writing high-stakes thrillers, she has been a paid contributor to Seeking Alpha for her energy investment articles (over 700) and has run twenty-three half-marathons.