During that time, she used to look like a zombie as she focused on her writing and hardly wore any makeup.īy the end of 2013, she began querying and sent more than 80 queries and heard from only four after waiting for months. She was so passionate about getting published that she wrote all the time penning chapter after chapter and averaged about a book every three to four weeks. She got serious in college and cut down on her socializing and sleeping time and even began writing in between her classes. When she was younger, she wrote a lot of poetry but never published any of it until she went to college.

McAvoy began writing right after she graduated from high school as a nineteen-year-old, but it was not until she was 22 that she published her debut. She now spends much of her time meeting fans, traveling for inspiration, and writing. Moreover, she always knew that she would one day be interested in penning novels in different genres and did not want to be tied down into a generic genre by readers who had a preconceived notion of her writing.įinding inspiration in anything from modern popular culture to Shakespearian tragedies, her novels have become runaway bestsellers. When she first began writing, she opted to write under a pen name since she was a university student and did not want her life as an author to interfere with her studies and personal life. She has become a prolific author sometimes churning out as many as five novels each year. McAvoy published “Ruthless People” her debut novel in 2014 and has never looked back since. She attended Carleton University to graduate with a degree in the humanities in 2016. The author was born to Nigerian immigrant parents in 1993 in Montreal and is the oldest of three children. McAvoy is the pseudonym of Judy Onyegbado, a Canadian author of historical romance, romantic suspense, and general romance fiction. THE UNTOUCHABLES (#2) 'One Secret, Multiple Casualties.'ĪMERICAN SAVAGES (#3) 'Villains by Choice.'Ī BLOODY KINGDOM (#4) “After the battle, sharpen your knives.”ĭECLAN + CORALINE(prequel novella that takes place 2 years before Ruthless People)Īnd look for the Ruthless People spinoff, Children of Vice-out 5.17.17 “From the Ruthless, Vice shall Rise.J.J. RUTHLESS PEOPLE #1 'One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos.' Only a fool would try to stop them now.Ĭheck out more thrilling titles in the Ruthless People series:

Their reach is limitless their power endless.but is it possible to have too much power? Can Liam and Melody raise a family, a city, and an empire? Melody is now the Governor and public face of the family, while Liam rises as the Ceann na Conairte of both the Irish and Italians. It has been eight years since the Callahans defeated Avian Doers and conquered Chicago. The fourth book in the Ruthless People Series is here.

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