Drake Summer with his creator Rocket Rose
Rocket Rose wrote the character of Drake Summer in Fractured Fate.
Drake Summer has fiery red hair and eyes to match his fire superpower. He spends his free time looking for werewolves and other mythical creatures and with his girlfriend, Jade. Drake has a habit of saying strange phrases, much to the confusion of the people around him.
Carly Frieders with her character Natalie RhodesCarly Frieders wrote the character of Natalie Rhodes in Fractured Fate.
Natalie Rhodes enjoys working with computers and has information at her fingertips, literally. Natalie always wears black gloves, despite the Arizona heat, to keep from using her superpower unintentionally. She has a little sister, Ella.
Levi North, illustration by Sage Echo Sirotkin
The character of Levi North in Fractured Fate was written by Carly Frieders, K.T. Blacknight, and Joshua Blackwell.
Levi North is a bit of a mystery to the other characters. Levi keeps his motives to himself, but he seems to be important. It’s hard to say much about this complex character without giving away the plot, so read Fractured Fate to find out more!
Trivia: Levi North is the only main character of Fractured Fate who was written by more than one person.
Joshua Blackwell with his character Joe Kolbe
Joshua Blackwell wrote the character of Joe Kolbe in Fractured Fate.
Joe Kolbe can control rocks and the Earth. Joe takes on the responsibility of bringing the other characters together and leading the group, but one of his main goals is to take care of his younger sister. He spends a lot of his time underground.
Zoe Bentley and her character Valencia Grant
Zoe Bentley wrote the character of Valencia Grant in Fractured Fate.
Valencia Grant is a 15-year-old homeschooler who loves meteorology and plans to become a stormchaser. She has the ability to control the weather. Valencia, or “Val” as her friends call her, lives in Sahuarita, Arizona on an acreage with her parents. She can often be found recording the weather or taking photographs.
K.T. Blacknight and her character Grace Black
K.T. Blacknight wrote the character of Grace Black in Fractured Fate.
Grace Black lives in Michigan where she is homeschooled by her grandparents. She loves to run and has an unusual talent for it, and for not getting injured. Grace has a big sweet tooth and loves her dog, Bunny, but she has a fear of poodles.
Caja Coyote is the pen name for the group of five teens from Sahuarita, Arizona, who wrote Fractured Fate.
Those teens are (from left to right in the photo above): Rocket Rose, Carly Frieders, Joshua Blackwell, K.T. Blacknight, and Zoe Bentley.
A note from the group: We were all introduced in 2010 and we got along great. Our deeper friendship started blooming at the end of the year, and we decided to write a book together.
The idea for FRACTURED FATE all started with a little prank our Creative Writing class teacher thought of playing on one of our members, Rocket. Since we only met once a week, Rocket was often wearing the same Mountain Dew T-shirt almost every time he came to class. Our teacher bought everyone in the group, including herself, a pop T-shirt one week. We all rushed to put them on before Rocket arrived. We all were quiet even when he came in to the room. Our joke would have been perfect if Rocket had not decided to wear a different shirt that day. The group still got a good laugh out of it, and Rocket even wore the Coke shirt that Lisa got him. Later that day one of us proposed that we should call ourselves the Pops. The name stuck.
As time progressed we started to think about writing a collaborative novel. We decided it would be great to do in the future. Josh, another member, had an idea about a book with five teens who possessed superpowers. He brought it up to the class, and everyone liked that as a starting point. We shared our ideas. There was a lot of tweaking involved with the ideas. As it turned out, we took the main plot of Josh’s story, five teen with superpowers who save the world, and we gutted the rest.
We threw a thousand more ideas in for the story, vetoing some of them, and keeping the rest. Soon we came up with characters, goals, villains, and the happy ending that we all wanted. That was how our group and this book was started.
This book is primarily set in Sahuarita, where we all live. We used real locations, and went to many of them as a group. We even had a photo shoot for the photographs in the book! Hope you enjoyed reading this, and we all would like to hear from you at www.FracturedFate.com.
Sage Echo Sirotkin is the illustrator of Fractured Fate.
Sage Echo Sirotkin is an illustrator, author, mother, wife, reader, sock-knitter, beginning kickboxer, part-time yogi, full-time dreamer, creator, and friend. She has been observing, imagining and producing artistry for over three decades. Sage enjoys working with charcoal, pastels, watercolors, ink and Adobe Creative Suite, although her favorite medium is her simple 4B pencil!
Sage lives with her husband, five children, two cats (who think they are human), a passive aggressive gecko, and one ridiculously friendly golden retriever in Central New York. When she is not creating, she enjoys video gaming, reading on her Kindle, playing Scrabble on her iPad, camping, hiking, and obsessing over the latest technological gadget. She is available for freelance or commission work (standard sizes and murals).
See more of her art at: SageEcho.weebly.com
Rocket Rose is one of the five authors of Fractured Fate. He wrote the Drake Summer character.
Rocket loves to read books, and it has become a hobby to keep his bookshelves up-to-date. When he reads, he really gets into it and sometimes doesn’t hear what people are saying to him. He loves to draw anything from swords to the creative characters that spring from his mind. He often searches for drawing books that will help him draw even better characters.
Carly Frieders is one of the five authors of Fractured Fate. She wrote the Natalie Rhodes character.
Carly is an eighth grader in southern Arizona, where she enjoys taking dance classes, playing the cello in the school orchestra, volunteering at Teen Court, and being a member of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). Carly is also, most recently, a student ambassador for GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Educational Network). In her free time, she loves to read, and of course, write!
