| First Name | Last Name | Debut Title (click for podcast) |
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Beth
|
Dotson Brown |
Rooted in Sunrise |
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Christine
|
Gunderson |
Friends With Secrets |
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Nancie
|
Abuhaidar |
The Trouble With Possibilities |
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|
Jan
|
Heidrich-Rice |
Secrets of the Blue Moon |
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|
Jessica
|
Maffetore |
Eleanora in Pieces |
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Natalie
|
Musgrave Dossett |
Sarita |
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|
Leilani
|
Garrett |
After The Burn |
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|
Cathelina
|
Duvert |
The Box |
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Amily
|
D'Nas |
Beneath The Swaying Willow |
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|
Hadley
|
Leggett |
All They Ask Is Everything |
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|
Melissa
|
Collings |
The False Flat |
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|
Kim
|
McCollum |
What Happens in Montana |
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Wendy
|
Haller |
The Flannigan Girls |
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|
Catherine
|
Matthews |
Releasing The Reins |
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Jaclyn
|
Westlake |
Dear Dotty |
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|
Amy
|
Dressler |
How To Align The Stars |
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|
Darlene
|
Corbett |
Visible |
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|
2025 Rising Star
|
Award |
Finalists |
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|
Nancy
|
Taber |
Sea of Spectres |
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Shayla
|
Dugan |
Learning To Swim |
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Linda
|
Sachse |
Inheriting The Shackleford Ranch |
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|
L.L.
|
Kirchner |
Florida Girls |
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|
Lisa
|
Fellinger |
The Serendipity of Catastrophe |
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|
Lucille
|
Guarino |
Elizabeth's Mountain |
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|
Carolyn
|
McBride |
The Cicada Spring |
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|
Susan
|
Wadds |
What The Living Do |
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|
Jann
|
Everard |
Blue Runaways |
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|
Melissa
|
Bacon |
Through Her Lens |
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|
Gail
|
Priest |
Soul Dancing |
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Jayna
|
Sheats |
Hanna's Ascent |
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Micki
|
Berthelot Morency |
Island Sisters |
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Marcy
|
Lane |
A Mercy of Widows |
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|
Rosey
|
Lee |
Gardins of Edin |
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Lorraine
|
Norwood |
Solitary Sparrow |
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|
Beth
|
Uznis Johnson |
Coming Clean |
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Kathryn
|
Dodson |
Tequila Midnight |
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|
Raven
|
West |
Vashti's Daughter |
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|
Marie
|
McCurdy |
The Wolf Queen |
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|
Sheila
|
Athens |
Neena Lee Is Seeing Things |
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|
Gayle
|
Brown |
A Deadly Game |
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|
Olivia
|
Sparrow |
Secret of the Sassafras |
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| Amy |
Hagstrom |
The Wild Between Us |
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|
Kerry
|
Fryar Freeman |
Sedona |
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Karen
|
Klink |
At What Cost, Silence? |
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|
KJ
|
Fieler |
Shadow Runner |
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|
Janie
|
Emaus |
The Advice Columnist |
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Cheryl
|
Walsh |
Unequal Temperament |
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|
Ann Marie
|
Jackson |
The Broken Hummingbird |
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|
Deborah
|
King |
Glory Bishop |
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|
Lynne
|
Golodner |
Woman of Valor |
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|
Delise
|
Torres |
One Tough Cookie |
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|
Kristin
|
Kisska |
The Hint Of Light |
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| Nigar |
Alam |
Under The Tamarind Tree |
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| Joanna |
Monahan |
Something Better |
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| Cindy |
Maynard |
Esperanza's Way |
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| Barbara |
Dullaghan |
Secrets In The Hollow
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| Donna |
Norman-Carbone |
All That Is Sacred
|
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| JJ |
Elliott |
There Are No Rules For This
|
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| Tracey |
Buchanan |
Toward The Corner Of Mercy And Peach
|
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| Rachel |
Corsini |
Sushi And Sea Lions |
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| Dorette |
Stover |
Tales Of The Mistress |
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| Kelly |
Huston |
Tex Miller Is Dead |
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| Jane |
Rubin |
In The Hands Of Women |
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| Hope |
Gibbs |
Where The Grass Grows Blue |
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| Michelle |
Paris |
New Normal |
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| Amanda |
Speights |
Love's Arrival |
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| Laurie |
Beach |
The Firefly Jar |
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| Gabi |
Coatsworth |
A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over |
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| Feisty Deeds |
Anthology |
Feisty Deeds |
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| Cynthia |
Bogard |
A History of Silence |
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| Barbara |
Bellesi Zito |
Lucky Stiff |
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| Kyle Ann |
Robertson |
White Picket Fences |
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| Patricia |
Bernstein |
A Noble Cunning |
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| Special Episode |
2023 Star Award Finalists |
Erin Litteken, Lyn Liao Butler, Anna E. Collins |
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| Susan |
Carew |
Take The Plunge |
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| Heidi |
McIntyre |
Sea Magic |
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| Kimberly |
Young |
In The Event of Death |
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| Lisa |
Williams Kline |
Between the Sky and the Sea |
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| D. |
Liebhart |
House on Fire |
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| D.K. |
Silver |
The Weight of Flowers |
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| Annie |
Cathryn |
The Friendship Breakup |
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| Audrey |
Burges |
The Miniscule Mansion of Myra Malone |
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| Kimberly |
McMillan |
Never Enough Time |
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| Caitlin |
Avery |
Life of Cyn |
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| Barbara |
Miller |
When You See Her |
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| Allyson |
Rice |
The Key to Circus-Mom Highway |
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| Roxana |
Trabulsi |
Of Mud & Honey |
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| Brynn |
Brynn Barineau |
Jaguars and Other Game |
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| Patricia |
Hudson |
Traces |
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| Kathy |
Maresca |
Porch Music |
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| Georgia |
Day |
Of Sand and Bone |
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| Amy |
Watson |
Closer to Okay |
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| Linda |
Moore |
Attribution |
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| Karen |
Heenan |
Coming Apart |
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| Wendy |
Adair |
The Broken Hallelujah |
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| Gloria |
Mattioni |
California Sister |
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| Nancy |
Yeager |
When We Were Friends |
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| Anastasia |
Zadeik |
Blurred Fates |
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| Suzanne |
Moyers |
'Till All These Things Be Done |
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| Judith |
Turner-Yamamoto |
Loving the Dead and Gone |
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| Jacqueline |
Boulden |
Her Past Can't Wait |
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| Carol |
Van Den Hende |
Orchid Blooming |
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| Tamatha |
Cain |
Song of the Chimney Sweep |
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| L |
Maristatter
|
Tiny Tin House |
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| C.J. |
McGroarty |
Clara in a Time of War |
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| Leslie |
Kain |
Secrets in the Mirror |
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| |
Special Episode |
WFWA's 10th Anniversary |
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| Adele |
Holmes |
Winter's Reckoning |
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| Carol |
Dunbar |
The Net Beneath Us |
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| Angela |
Cairns |
Touch |
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| Sharon |
Peterson |
The Do Over |
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| Dianne |
Braley |
The Silence in the Sound |
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| Rita |
Rowe |
Becoming Ruthless |
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| Maggie |
Ginsberg |
Still True |
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| Carolyn |
Clarke |
And Then There's Margaret |
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| D.F. |
Kennedy |
The Truth |
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| Staci |
Greason |
All the Girls in Town |
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| Lisa Williamson |
Rosenberg |
Embers on the Wind |
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| |
Special Episode |
WFWA Founders |
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| Nina |
Wachsman |
The Gallery of Beauties |
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| Chris |
Posti |
Falling Apart, Falling for You |
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| E.J. |
Tanda |
Queen of Secrets |
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| Karla |
Huebner |
In Search of the Magic Theater |
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| Jen |
Craven |
Best Years of Your Life |
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| Robin |
Maass |
The Walled Garden |
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| Jody |
Herpin |
Relative Consequences |
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| Carol |
Orange |
A Discerning Eye |
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| Suzanne |
Mattaboni |
Once In a LIfetime |
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| Linda |
MacKillop |
The Forgotten Life of Eva Gordon |
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| Grace |
Marcus |
Visible Signs |
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| RLynn |
Johnson |
Cry of the Heart |
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| Janis |
Daly |
The Unlocked Path |
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| Erin |
Litteken |
The Memory Keeper of Kyiv |
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| Melanie |
Mitzner |
Slow Reveal |
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| Karen |
Winn |
Our Little World |
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| Judith |
Brenner |
The Moments Between Dreams |
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| Eileen |
Brill |
A Letter in the Wall |
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| Kimberly |
Nixon |
Rock Bottom, Tennessee |
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| Kris |
Spisak |
The Baba Yaga Mask |
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| Zoe |
Disigny |
The Art of Traveling Strangers |
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| Sarah |
Branson |
A Merry Life |
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| Maggie |
Giles |
The Things We Lost |
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| Jen |
Gilroy |
The Sweetheart Locket |
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| J. Marie |
Rundquist |
All I'm Asking |
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| Sita |
Romero |
Words We Cannot Say |
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| Judy |
Lannon |
Nine Days |
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| Lisa |
Roe |
Welcome to the Neighborhood |
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| Erin |
Flanagan |
Deer Season |
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| Shirley B. |
Novack |
The Story Of... |
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| Kathy |
Strobos |
Partner Pursuit |
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| Harriet |
Cannon |
Exiled South |
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| Tammy |
Harrow |
All the Salt in the Sea |
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| Kerry |
Chaput |
Daughter of the King |
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| Cheryl |
Corriveau |
The Demanding River |
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| Tonya |
Mitchell |
A Feigned Madness |
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| Kimberly |
Sullivan |
Three Coins |
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| Dawn |
Hogan |
Unbroken Bonds |
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| Georgina |
Key |
Shiny Bits in Between |
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| Kelley |
McNeil |
A Day Like This |
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| Joani |
Elliott |
The Audacity of Sara Grayson |
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| Maan |
Gabriel |
After Perfect |
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| Luisa |
Ramondo |
Beyond the Cobblestones |
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| JoAnn |
Catania |
A Scarcity of Virgins |
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| Judy |
Stanigar |
Marika's Best Laid Plan |
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| Pamela |
Stockwell |
A Boundless Place |
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| Kalyn |
Fogarty |
What We Carry |
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| Paulette |
Stout |
Love Only Better |
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| Cherie L. |
Genua |
Greetings from Tucson |
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| Rebecca |
Campbell |
Sandalwood |
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|
|
Special Podcast Episode with Star Award/Debut Finalists |
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| Julia |
Brewer Daily |
No Names to Be Given |
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| Sarah |
Adlakha |
She Wouldn't Change a Thing |
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| Karen |
Martin |
Dancing the Labyrinth |
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| C. |
D'Angelo |
The Difference |
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| Penny |
Haw |
The Wilderness Between Us |
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| Elizabeth |
de Veer |
The Ocean in Winter |
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| Julee |
Balko |
The Things We Keep |
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| Lyn Liao |
Butler |
The Tiger Mom's Tale |
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| Amanda |
Johnson |
East of Manhattan |
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| Kristina |
Parro |
Lucky: A Novel |
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| Amanda Jane |
Schiller |
Wicked Games and Wasted Years |
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| Maggie |
Smith |
Truth and Other Lies |
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Mary
|
Camarillo |
The Lockhart Women |
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| Tavi Taylor |
Black |
Where Are We Tomorrow? |
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Jenn
|
Bouchard |
First Course |
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| Kathleen M. |
Basi |
A Song For The Road |
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| Kris |
Clink |
Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy |
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Margaret
|
Rodenberg |
Finding Napoleon |
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| K. Blanton |
Brenner |
Appaloosa Sky |
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| Jennifer |
Jensen |
The Vice |
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| Kristi |
Lee |
The Worst Thing I Could Do |
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| Kate |
Allen |
Fear of Flying |
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| Dorothy |
Staley |
Bear Woman Rising |
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Leslie A.
|
Rasmussen |
After Happily Ever After |
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Elissa Grossell
|
Dickey |
The Speed of Light |
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Libby
|
Hubscher |
Meet Me In Paradise |
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| Debra |
Thomas |
Luz |
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| Sarah |
Penner |
The Lost Apothecary |
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Jill
|
Caugherty |
Waltz in Swing Time |
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Christina
|
Consolino |
Rewrite The Stars |
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| KD |
Allbaugh |
Face Down in Rising Sun |
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Jeannée
|
Sacken |
Behind the Lens |
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Beatryce
|
Ruby |
No Sweeter Touch |
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Gina
|
Wilkinson |
When the Apricots Bloom |
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| Tiffany |
Meuret |
A Flood of Posies |
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| Elizabeth |
Chatsworth |
The Brass Queen |
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Shail
|
Rajan |
The Summer Breeze |
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| L. |
Bordetsky-Williams |
Forget Russia |
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Christina
|
Tsirkas |
The Night Sender |
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| Judith |
Teitelman |
Guesthouse for Ganesha |
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| Kathy |
Sechrist |
Success is the Best Revenge |
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Joyce
|
Yarrow |
Sandstorm |
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| Denny S. |
Bryce |
Wild Women and the Blues |
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| Kathryn |
Holzman |
Real Estate, A Novel |
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| Melissa |
Hunter |
What She Lost |
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| Florence Reiss |
Kraut |
How to Make a Life |
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| Geeta |
Schrayter |
Reaching Riverdale |
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| Densie |
Webb |
When Robins Appear |
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| Bhaswati |
Ghosh |
Victory Colony, 1950 |
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| KJ |
Dell’Antonia |
The Chicken Sisters |
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| Rachel |
Mans McKenny |
The Butterfly Effect |
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| Jaye |
Burke |
Venice |
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| Grace |
Sammon |
The Eves |
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| Madeleine |
Van Hecke |
Once You Know |
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| Paula |
Adler |
Return to Magnolia Bloom |
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| Angela |
Terry |
Charming Falls Apart |
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| Katey |
Schultz |
Still Come Home |
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| Sarah |
McCraw Crow |
The Wrong Kind of Woman |
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| Mary Helen |
Sheriff |
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip |
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| Regina |
Buttner |
Absolution |
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| Nguyễn |
Phan Quế Mai |
The Mountains Sing |
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| Ehsaneh
|
Sadr |
A Door Between Us |
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|
Valerie
|
Taylor |
What's Not Said |
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|
Michele
|
Levy |
Anna's Dance |
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|
Anita
|
Kushwaha |
Secret Lives of Mothers and Daughters |
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|
Barbara
|
Conrey |
Nowhere Near Goodbye |
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|
J.L.
|
Cole |
Silver Heights |
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|
Susan
|
Payne |
Forever Kind of Woman |
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|
A.H.
|
Kim |
A Good Family |
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|
Tricia
|
Zacher |
Many a Sudden Change |
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|
Amanda
|
Brainerd |
Age of Consent |
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|
Lindsey
|
Cook |
How to Bury Your Brother |
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|
Stephanie
|
Newman |
Barbarians at the PTA |
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|
Pamela
|
Raleigh |
Sandshell Island |
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|
Anju
|
Gattani |
Duty and Desire |
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|
Tracey
|
Enerson Wood |
The Engineer's Wife |
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|
Jacqueline
|
Kang |
The Club |
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|
Carol
|
LaHines |
Someday Everything |
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|
Diane
|
Barnes |
More Than |
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| William |
Schreiber |
Someone To Watch Over |
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| Dianne |
Romain |
The Trumpet Lesson |
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| Lisa |
Braxton |
The Talking Drum |
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| Sherri |
Leimkuhler |
What's Left Untold |
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| Lainey |
Cameron |
The Exit Strategy |
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| Marolyn |
Krasner |
The Radicals |
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| Shawn |
Keller Cooper |
Drawing Down the Moon |
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| Elizabeth |
Gauffreau |
Telling Sonny |
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| Kelly |
Duran |
Can't Take It Back |
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| Jae |
Hodges |
The Rose and the Whip |
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| Jamie |
Beck |
If You Must Know |
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| Sharina |
Harris |
(Im)perfectly Happy |
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| Kathleen |
West |
Minor Dramas and Other Catastrophes |
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| Alison |
Hammer |
You and Me and Us |
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| Sally |
Suen |
Crystal Cove |
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| Diane |
Byington |
If She Had Stayed |
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| Donna Koros |
Stramella |
Coffee Killed My Mother |
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| Rebecca |
Hodge |
Wildland |
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| Barbara Linn |
Probst |
Queen of the Owls |
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| Joanne |
Kukanza Easley |
Sweet Jane |
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| Linda |
Rosen |
The Disharmony of Silence |
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| Michelle |
Davis |
Learning to Bend |
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| Kimmery |
Martin |
The Queen of Hearts |
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| Sarah |
Robinson |
Every Last Drop |
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| Jennifer |
Gold |
The Ingredients of Us |
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| Sarah |
Jones |
Summer Squall |
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| Lorelei |
Brush |
Uncovering |
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| Ellen |
LaCorte |
The Perfect Fraud |
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| Leanne |
Treese |
The Language of Divorce |
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| Kathleen |
Barber |
Are You Sleeping |
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| Judy |
Kundert |
Sky Queen |
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| Leslie M. |
Rollins |
Good-Time Girl |
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| Marlene |
Adelstein |
Sophie Last Seen |
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| Jess |
Woods |
The Process of Fraying |
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| Kimberly |
Lynne |
A Pocketwatch, Spray Paint & Morphine |
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| Amber |
Cowie |
Rapid Falls |
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| Kaela |
Coble |
Friends & Other Liars |
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| Suanne |
Schafer |
A Different Kind of Fire |
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| Leah |
Decesare |
Forks, Knives and Spoons |
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| Erin |
Bartels |
We Hope for Better Things |
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| Romalyn |
Tilghman |
To the Stars with Difficulties |
 |
| Jennifer |
Klepper |
Unbroken Threads |
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| Leslie Schweitzer |
Miller |
Discovery |
 |
| Sarahlyn |
Bruck |
Designer You |
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| Heather |
Frimmer |
Bedside Manners |
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| Reyna Marder |
Gentin |
Unreasonable Doubts |
 |
| Megan A. |
Clancy |
A Burden of a Daughter |
 |
| Ann |
Griffin |
Another Ocean to Cross |
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| Julie |
Maloney |
A Matter of Chance |
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| Johanne |
Levesque |
Trouble & Strife |
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| Sally |
Crosair |
Come Back |
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| Irene |
Olson |
Requiem for the Status Quo |
 |
| Rachel |
Dacus |
The Renaissance Club |
 |
| Denitta |
Ward |
Somewhere Still |
 |
| Elena |
Mikalsen |
Wrapped in the Stars |
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| Eldonna |
Edwards |
This I Know |
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| Marianne |
Hansen |
The Unscripted Life of Lizzy Dillinger |
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| Carrie |
Mumford |
All But What's Left |
 |
| Barbara Solomon |
Josselsohn |
The Last Dreamer |
 |
| Julie |
Clark |
The Ones We Choose |
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| Anna |
Quinn |
The Night Child |
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| Jennifer |
Irwin |
A Dress the Color of the Sky |
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| Lori |
Henriksen |
The Winter Loon |
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| Sweta Srivastava |
Vikram |
Louisiana Catch |
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