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Born in Kansas, Lia Mack has had the unique experience of growing up a military brat – go Airforce! – and living in many locations such as Michigan, Texas, Colorado, Latiano and San Vito dei Normanni, Italy, California and Maryland.

In addition to fiction, Lia’s creative non-fiction has been featured in such publications as The Washington Post, Nickelodeon Jr. Magazine, Advances in Bereavement Magazine, and Nesting Magazine.

Lia currently resides in Maryland with her husband, two children, a Green Tree Python, a plethora of saltwater fish and one quarantine rescue cat, Prince Meow Meow.

The debut author of WAITING FOR PAINT TO DRY (#waiting4paint2dry #forwardmotiononly), Mack is raising $10,000 through the sales of her novel to benefit RAINN's ...more

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WARNING - this post contains vivid imagery that may be harmful to those with self-cutting issues. Please proceed with caution.I love the idea of cutting into myself with an Exacto knife, little by little, slice by slice, until the entrails of my being are released, splayed and displayed out in the open.No longer hidden by the depths of my body, before me is the rawness of myself. My guts.I’m speak Read more of this blog post »

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