BIOGRAPHY
Daco S. Auffenorde is an award-winning author of thrillers and suspense. Her psychological thriller The Forgotten Girl won Book of the Year (2023) in the Best Thriller Book Awards. Her debut thriller Cover Your Tracks was selected as a Suspense Magazine Best of 2020 and won Action Thriller of the Year (2021) with the Best Thriller Book Awards.
She loves to pen fast-paced stories that keep you glued to the edge of your seat while guessing what in the world will happen next. She's a storyteller who was raised in the heart of the South where tradition meets creativity. She loves to hear from readers, so feel free to make contact.
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The Question I'm Asked Most
Is Daco a family name?
Not a surname—but it is a family name with a story.
When given the opportunity to name his second child, Daco's father (a physicist who spent his life thinking about the Special and General Theories of Relativity) jumped at the chance to create something original. From conception to birth, she is both name and formula.
Pronounced with a soft "a" and long "o," it sounds a little French—like Dakota without the "ta." But it's scientifically based in a physics formula:
The first derivative (D) of acceleration (A) at the speed of light in centimeters per second (C) equals zero (O).
In other words: D + A + C + O.
Her father had a sense of humor—because there is no change in acceleration at the speed of light (the fastest speed we know), that makes Daco the speed of light.
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Born at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Daco holds a B.A. and M.A.S. from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and a J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Novelists, Inc., Women's Fiction Writers Association, and the Authors Guild.