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Grace Hawthorne

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Born

Salem, New Jersey, The United States

Website

http://www.freethorne.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Fiction

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March 2015

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I am Yankee born and Southern raised. Born in New Jersey, grew up in Louisiana, lived in Texas, Germany, New York City and now Georgia.
Ever since I got my first byline in junior high, I’ve been a writer, mostly freelance. I’ve written advertising copy for septic tanks, the libretto for an opera, lyrics for Sesame Street and worked as an editor for Time-Life Books and a national storytelling magazine. At one point, I was full time-free lance writing the book and lyrics for children’s musicals. One of them, It’s Cool in the Furnace. According to the publisher, it is the longest selling children’s’ musical in sacred music history.

My first novel, Shorter’s Way, is a political love story about rambunctious Georgia politics in the 1920s. My secon ...more

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	Shorter's Way 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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
	Waterproof Justice 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Lost River really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Celebrating Springfield -- A Photographic Portrait by Kimberly Fox DeMeza, Grace Hawthorne (Goodreads Author), Rena Distasio 1.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	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
	Healthy Me: A Read-along Coloring & Activity Book (for ages 5-8) by Grace Hawthorne (Goodreads Author), Eileen C. Blyth (Illustrations) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	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
	Christmas Fever by Grace Hawthorne (Goodreads Author), Larry Mayfield liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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
	Healthy Air by Grace Hawthorne (Goodreads Author), Eileen C. Blyth (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	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
	HEALTHY FOOD: A READ-ALONG COLORING & ACTIVITY BOOK (PRE-PACK OF 25 COPIES) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	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
	Healthy Bodies (Book A of "Healthy Me") liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	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
	Tulsa: A Photographic Portrait of the Tulsa Region by Grace Hawthorne (2005) Hardcover liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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I love Google

I know I’ve said this before but I love Google. This morning I was working on Crossing the Moss Line. I was writing about tokens for the NY subways and it occurred to me that I should check to see if riders were actually using token in 1943. Turns out, they were not.

The original fee was a nickel, not 5 pennies, but a nickel. Then the fare went to a dime, not two nickels but a dime. When the fare Read more of this blog post »

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