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10 Things You Might Not Know About Tamera Alexander

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I grew up in Tucker, Georgia, near Stone Mountain State Park. I climbed that granite mountain countless times in the first 22 years of my life (and not since!). I used real pies for my team's "pie graphs" in my senior college capstone business class—Chocolate Chess Pie and Buttermilk Pie! We won the simulation and got an A in the course—all due to the incredible smarts of my team mates, … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know About Lynn Austin

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1. I grew up in New York State in the Hudson Valley about 60 miles north of New York City. As the middle sister of three, I’m blessed to have two built-in, lifelong, best friends.2. I was a huge fan of the Beatles as a teenager and heard them perform in person twice—once in Atlantic City, and once in Shea Stadium in NYC. The stadium held 56,000 screaming Beatles’ fans and afterward it seemed like … [Read more...]

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Jody Hedlund

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I’m joining the rest of the lovely ladies here on the blog and sharing 10 things you might not know about me! 1. I grew up a PK (pastor's kid). My dad was a Lutheran Pastor. And I grew up in the church. Not literally, of course. We usually lived in a parsonage, often one that was next door to the church. But my life centered around attending Sunday School and church, reading the Bible, and … [Read more...]

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Lenora Worth

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I was born and raised in Southwest Georgia and I grew up on a farm. I cropped tobacco, strung tobacco and hung tobacco high up on rafters in an old creaky barn. It was hard work and I'd walk the distance from the fields and barns back to my house, my hands and clothes covered with tar. I also picked peanuts and pulled corn and drove tractors and planters and big trucks. I had to beg my daddy to … [Read more...]

10 Things You Might Not Know About Becky Wade

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  I grew up in southern California in the 1970s.  Back then, my friends and I would roam around our neighborhood playing Charlie's Angels or roller skating or riding bikes until the street lights came on.  That was our cue to return home for dinner. When the romance between Nancy and Ned Nickerson wasn't nearly as large a part of the Nancy Drew mysteries series as I would have liked, … [Read more...]

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