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Valerie Weaver-Zercher

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Valerie Weaver-Zercher is the author of Thrill of the Chaste: The Allure of Amish Romance Novels (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013). Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Orion, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and other venues. Her work has also been nominated for and received special mention for a Pushcart Prize. She and her husband and three sons live in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

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