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Leslye Walton was born in the Pacific Northwest. Perhaps because of this, Leslye has developed a strange kinship with the daffodil--she too can only achieve beauty after a long, cold sulk in the rain. Her debut novel, THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER, was inspired by a particularly long sulk in a particularly cold rainstorm spent pondering the logic, or rather, lack thereof, in love.

Leslye is a full-time writer living in Seattle, Washington. She spends her time eating chocolate cupcakes, and doting on her chihuahuas, Mr. Darcy and Doc Holliday. Her next novel, THE PRICE GUIDE TO THE OCCULT, is set to be published in March 2018.

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Leslye Walton Thank you so much! I am working on something new right now. I like to stay fairly quiet about my new projects, but I'm excited about it, and I hope yo…moreThank you so much! I am working on something new right now. I like to stay fairly quiet about my new projects, but I'm excited about it, and I hope you will be too! (less)
Leslye Walton Wow! Thanks so much! Ava was actually inspired by a photo of my younger sister. At the time the picture was taken, my 11 year old sister was running w…moreWow! Thanks so much! Ava was actually inspired by a photo of my younger sister. At the time the picture was taken, my 11 year old sister was running with her large white t-shirt billowing out behind her. She looked like she had wings. (less)
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“Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.”
Leslye Walton, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

“Love makes us such fools.”
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“Just because love don't look the way you think it should, don't mean you don't have it.”
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What book would you like to read for our February 2023 Group Read? The theme is Purple.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Historical Fiction, Modern Classic
 
  38 votes 20.8%

 
  33 votes 18.0%

Violeta by Isabel Allende
Historical Fiction, Magical Realism
 
  23 votes 12.6%

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa, Historical Fiction
 
  19 votes 10.4%

 
  17 votes 9.3%

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Children, Fantasy, Young Adult
 
  16 votes 8.7%

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller
 
  15 votes 8.2%

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
Young Adult, Fantasy, Magical Realism
 
  12 votes 6.6%

Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
 
  6 votes 3.3%

Invisible Wounds by Tom Milton
Fiction, PTSD
 
  4 votes 2.2%

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