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Deanna R. Adams

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Deanna R. Adams is author of both fiction and nonfiction works. She is a speaker, instructor, and award-winning essayist. Her first book, Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent State University Press, 2002), was named a finalist for the Ohioana Award for nonfiction, and the ARSC Award (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) for excellence in research.
Other books are Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl, Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Roots, Cleveland's Rock and Roll Venues, and novels, Peggy Sue Got Pregnant, Scoundrels & Dreamers, and The Truth about Justyce (May, 2020). Adams also contributed an article on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the 2007 Encyclopedia of the Midwest.
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Peggy Sue Got Pregnant

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Scoundrels and Dreamers

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Blog Hopping . . .

Hello fellow writers! Well, this is my first “Blog Hop,” where you answer four questions on writing, then tag two other writers to continue on. Thank you, Vicki Pinder, for tagging me today. You can see her cool website at http://www.victoriapinder.com.
Ok, here goes…
As some of you know, I refer to myself as a “trans-genre” ;-) because after some 20 years as a professional nonfiction writer (I am

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