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Of Words and Dogs and Little Fishes*

I feel so blessed that I can “work” from home as a book reviewer, essayist and occasionally as a literary editor, and to comfortably say that I read for a living. It’s like living the dream (well, until the bills come in, but that’s neither here nor there). But I didn’t realize just how many [….]

LitStack Review: Bodies of Water by T. Greenwood

Bodies of Water T. Greenwood Kensington Books Publication Date: September 24, 2013 ISBN 978-0-7582-5093-3 In an interview with the San Diego Reader, author Tammy Greenwood talked about getting caught by Hurricane Irene while visiting her family in Massachusetts in August 2011. “We were totally stranded. I couldn’t drive through the crazy weather. We ended up [….]

Birthdays

On this day, July 19, in 1963, YA fantasy writer Garth Nix was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Author of the “Seventh Tower,” “Keys to the Kingdom,” and “Old Kingdom” series (including 2014’s bestseller, Clariel), among others, he’s worked with words for most of his life, from clerking in a bookstore to being a sales rep, publicist, literary agent, and marketing consultant to a senior editor at HarperCollins before becoming a full time author in 2002. His books have sold over five million copies, and have been translated into forty languages. Still living in Australia, with his wife and three sons, today, he turns 56.

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