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Did you know that Claire Cook did not start writing fiction until she was in her forties? And now she’s the bestselling author of Life’s a Beach and Summer Blowout!

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Laurel Corona is not a musician, but she became interested in the female musicians in Venice while reading about Vivaldi's work in a textbook. That's when she realized the story of Vivaldi, the Pieta, and the girls living in Venice during that time were the perfect basis for her novel, The Four Seasons.

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Lauren Groff is the author of Delicate Edible Birds and The Monsters of Templeton, a memoir about that sliver of time where adulthood and childhood overlap. Hers is a story of surviving the bad times, of enjoying the good times, and of the family and friends who stand by us through it all.

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Katherine Howe is the author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. She is completing a PhD in American and New England Studies, and is a descendant of Elizabeth Proctor, who survived the Salem witch trials, and Elizabeth Howe, who did not. She lives in Massachusetts, with her husband.

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Stephen Lovely is the author of Irreplaceable. He graduated from Kenyon College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He worked in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where the idea for this novel was born. He lives in Iowa City, and is the Director of the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio.

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Julie Metz is the author of Perfection. She is a graphic designer, artist, and freelance writer whose essays have appeared in Glamour and Hemispheres, and the online story site mrbellersneighborhood.com. The recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, she lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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