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 a finalist in the 2026 Indies Today Awards.

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.