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SHE STUDIED acting but dismisses the thought of pursuing that craft. She likes Cate Blanchett, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and, well, let’s say Keira Knightley, too. Meet Amy Ewing, timid as a child, purple-haired as an adult.…
AMY had it easy. Her introduction to the literary world did not come as a sudden idea or a vivid scene fully formed in her head awaiting birth onto a page. No eureka moment. No quiet spells…
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These women might have traveled around the world, but as best-selling authors of Young Adult fiction, the greatest journeys occur inside their minds when they pen their imaginations onto paper and share the adventures to their readers.…
Born in South Carolina, raised in Arizona, studied in San Francisco and Atlanta, and now residing in Asheville, North Carolina—here’s a writer who believes that “home” is a person and not a place. She is that woman…
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