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Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry, and she has been a writer ever since. Her New York Times bestselling novel in verse, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, the Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Vermont Children’s Book Awards, the High Plains Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, and is included on over two dozen "best of" and state reading lists.

Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and the author of the poetry chapbook Lessons on Sleeping Alone. An award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan is nationally recognized for her work leading workshops and speaking to audiences across the country.

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Average rating: 4.11 · 24,023 ratings · 3,348 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Alone 4.13 avg rating — 21,065 ratings — published 2021 — 15 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
	Away 3.96 avg rating — 2,899 ratings — published 2025	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
	Lessons on Sleeping Alone 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings — 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
	Fresh Starts by Morgen Leigh, Nikia Hunt (Goodreads Author), Bill May 4.55 avg rating — 20 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
	Megan E. Freeman Bestselling 2 Books Set - Alone, Away 3.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Alone. Sola con il destino tra le mani by Megan E. Freeman (Goodreads Author), Tania Spagnoli really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 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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Knocking on Windows: A Memoir

by Jeannine Atkins (Goodreads Author)

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About Grace

by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)

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Gentle Writing Advice: How to Be a Writer Without Destroying Yourself

by Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Megan E. Freeman (?)

“I love the library.
My own personal book church.
Safety.

But I'm losing patience with fiction.
The challenges and triumphs of
fictional characters only make me
feel worse about myself.
Novels end nicely and neatly
with all obstacles overcome.
Loose ends tied up.

My own story just keeps unraveling
with depressing predictability.”
― Megan E. Freeman, Alone

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“Empty houses aren’t home.”
― Megan E. Freeman, Alone

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“I love the library.
My own personal book church.
Safety.
-Maddie”
― Megan E. Freeman, Alone

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Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) by B.B. Alston

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

45 votes 26.3%

Alone by Megan E. Freeman

26 votes 15.2%

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

25 votes 14.6%

Starfish by Lisa Fipps (write-in)

24 votes 14.0%

Just like That Gardy D. Schmidt (write-in)

24 votes 14.0%

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford

15 votes 8.8%

Pity Party by Kathleen Lane

7 votes 4.1%

Unspeakable:The Tulsa Race Massacre (write-in)

3 votes 1.8%

Alone

2 votes 1.2%

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