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Sarah Shell Teague

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Batesville, AR, The United States

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George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Annie Proulx, David Guterson

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Sarah Shell Teague, PhD, has retired as associate editor of El Dorado Insider magazine. A summa cum laude French and English major, she has published numerous essays and short stories, and most recently a book detailing the amusing adventures and mishaps her family has encountered through the years, Have Yourself a Hamster Little Christmas. She likes hiking, water skiing, early American history and architecture and European travel. She is married to Jeff Teague and they have three grown sons. Follow her on Instagram #sshellt or Twitter @ShellTeague.

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Have Yourself a Hamster Little Christmas

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

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