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Dana Elmendorf

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Dana Elmendorf was born and raised in a small town in Tennessee. She now lives in Southern California with her family. After four years of college and an assortment of jobs, she wrote a book. She is the author of IN THE HOUR OF CROWS coming June 4, 2024 with Mira books and her YA contemporary romance SOUTH OF SUNSHINE.

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Podcast Interview: New Books Fantasy and Adventure with A.E Lanier

🎙️Podcast Interview: New Books Fantasy and Adventure with A.E Lanier.Loved getting to chat with A.E.! Thank you so much for inviting me on. To hear the podcast, click here!Show Notes:In this interview, Elmendorf describes the evolution of her novel from a romance to a murder mystery and the role that death and grief play in the story. She discusses Appalachian folk magic, abusive family

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	South of Sunshine 3.63 avg rating — 1,025 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In good ole Jenny Han flashback style, we dribble back and forth to the present, to the recent past and to the distant past. By the end of the book we discover what has happened in the last year to lead up to these events that might cause them to los ...more
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Christina Meldrum's education in law, passion for herbalism, and deep examination of religion and science are the bones of Madapple. Meldrum unravels the twisted secret life of isolation, of a girl and her warped mother. It's deep theories are not fo ...more
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We Awaken

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Every Day

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If I Was Your Girl

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South of Sunshine

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