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Virginia Slachman

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Born

St. Louis, The United States

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http://www.virginiaslachman.com

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Genre

Mystery, Poetry, Memoir

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August 2008

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Virginia Slachman spent many years as an award-winning poet and college professor before launching into a career as a novelist and writing coach. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she traveled to Los Angeles and then Aspen following college to discover life outside her staid Midwest roots. Poetry led to Ph.D. studies at the University of Cincinnati and a long, successful career in the college classroom teaching literature and writing.

Virginia worked for years with Thoroughbred racehorses just off the track. Her love of murder mysteries, research, and horses combine in her latest 5-star Amazon rated novel, Blood in the Bluegrass, first in her mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Harper Hill and JD Cole, her long-ago lover who is su ...more

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Virginia Slachman’s books

Average rating: 4.34 · 511 ratings · 42 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blood in the Bluegrass 4.25 avg rating — 261 ratings — 6 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
	Betrayed in the Bluegrass (Bluegrass, #2) 4.48 avg rating — 99 ratings — 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
	Beast in the Bluegrass (Bluegrass Horse Racing Series) 4.38 avg rating — 85 ratings — 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
	Blackmail in the Bluegrass (Bluegrass Horse Racing Series) 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings	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
	The Lost Ode 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Many Brave Hearts: A Memoir 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	Heidegger's temple: Poems 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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
	Inside Such Darkness: Poems liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	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
	World of Mortal Light 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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
	My Heart Horse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Virginia Slachman liked Carlynn Stevenson's review of Beast in the Bluegrass (Bluegrass Horse Racing Series): "This was another book in a great series - I hope there is more to come!"
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