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Kathleen Baldwin

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Get ready to fall in love with the heartwarming humorous novels of Kathleen Baldwin, a Wall Street Journal, #1 Barnes & Noble, and Amazon bestselling author. Delighting readers around the globe, her stories have been translated into several languages, and more than 650,000 books sold worldwide. Baldwin's unique plots even captured the attention of a Japanese publisher who adapted her Regency Romance, LADY FIASCO, into a manga.

#1 USA Today bestselling author Meg Cabot raves that Kathleen’s A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS is “completely original and totally engrossing.”
The New York Times Book Review called it “enticing from the first sentence.”

Kathleen’s love of adventure isn’t limited to her writing. She taught rock climbing in the Rockies, sur ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 17,174 ratings · 2,235 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 4,492 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Mistaken Kiss (My Notorious Aunt, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,959 ratings — 10 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
	Lady Fiasco (My Notorious Aunt, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 2,668 ratings — published 2004 — 11 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
	Cut from the Same Cloth (My Notorious Aunt, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 2,587 ratings — published 2005 — 10 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
	Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Refuge for Masterminds (Stranje House, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Harbor for the Nightingale (Stranje House, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Persuasion of Miss Kate (My Notorious Aunt #4) 4.14 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Diary of a Teenage Fairy Godmother by Kathleen Baldwin (Goodreads Author), Andrea Sisco 3.74 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Sanctuary for Seers (Stranje House, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2023 — 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

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Sanctuary for Seers Cover reveal

Taadaaah! Sanctuary for Seers, the long-awaited 5th book in the Stranje House series, arrives June 15th!

You’ve sent me emails, posted messages on Goodreads, and messaged me on Facebook and Instagram asking,“when will Sera’s story be available?” You have waited patiently. Thank you!

Meanwhile, I struggled, both personally and as a writer. Sera’s story is so delicate and intricately woven that it pr

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One Door Away from Heaven

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Kathleen Baldwin liked Peggy Stuart's blog post: Little Billy Sits on the Wall "Little Billy sits on the wall. Little Billy is only a doll. His only brother... ...and sisters are, too. (Your family members are mostly like you.) Little Billy is not very tall. Little Billy is, in fact, very small. He can't..." Read more of this blog post »
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Kathleen Baldwin liked an answer from Peggy Stuart: How do you deal with writer’s block? I jump over it and move on. My characters tell me what to write. Peggy Stuart
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Kathleen Baldwin liked an answer from Peggy Stuart: Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story? Oh, no! My phone didn't charge! Peggy Stuart
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Kathleen Baldwin liked a quote “Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.” ...more Leigh Bardugo
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Uplifting and Joyous! An unusual devotional that will encourage the heart of anyone who reads it. Nancy Golden’s joyous outlook, and deep relationship with the Lord, comes through on every page.
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“My job as a writer is simple. Write a book I’m proud of, and present it as a gift to the world.
Some will love it.
Some will hate it.
That’s the nature of art.”
― Kathleen Baldwin

tags: book-writing, write, writer-tips, writers, writers-life, writers-on-writing, writing, writing-advice, writing-life, writing-tip, writing-tips

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“And I learned all those many years ago to stop listening to what people said, and listen instead to what they mean. Some people speak with honey and intend to serve us poison. You, my lord, speak with thorns but yearn for cake.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

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“Hatred and anger are not the opposites of love, Tess. They are backsides of the same playing cards. It is easier to flip hostile feelings over and find the love and forgiveness that have been hidden there all along, aching to be found, than it is to produce new feelings.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, Exile for Dreamers

tags: anger, hatred, love

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For those who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts, what school/camp is your second choice?

J.K. Rowling

Camp Half-Blood

Rick Riordan

1081 votes, 29.8%

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C.S. Lewis

424 votes, 11.7%

Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women

Ally Carter

194 votes, 5.3%

St. Vladimir's Academy

Richelle Mead

192 votes, 5.3%

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145 votes, 4.0%

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

135 votes, 3.7%

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116 votes, 3.2%

Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality

Gail Carriger

82 votes, 2.3%

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 3 by Eric Powell

Joss Whedon

65 votes, 1.8%

Jade Mountain Academy

Tui T. Sutherland

64 votes, 1.8%

Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened

Trenton Lee Stewart

59 votes, 1.6%

Hecate Hall

Rachel Hawkins

52 votes, 1.4%

The House of Night

P.C. Cast

50 votes, 1.4%

Shadow Falls

C.C. Hunter

48 votes, 1.3%

The Covenant

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48 votes, 1.3%

Ever After High

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43 votes, 1.2%

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42 votes, 1.2%

School of America in Paris (SOAP)

Stephanie Perkins

40 votes, 1.1%

Jedi Academy

Jeffrey Brown

39 votes, 1.1%

Artime

Lisa McMann

38 votes, 1.0%

Mythos Academy

Jennifer Estep

34 votes, 0.9%

Roke School of Wizardry

Ursula K. Le Guin

34 votes, 0.9%

Spy School

Stuart Gibbs

33 votes, 0.9%

Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined

Charlie N. Holmberg

32 votes, 0.9%

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

29 votes, 0.8%

Master High School

Lisi Harrison

29 votes, 0.8%

Bloor Academy

Jenny Nimmo

27 votes, 0.7%

Miss Cackle's Academy

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27 votes, 0.7%

Lyle House

Kelley Armstrong

26 votes, 0.7%

Mount Olympus Academy

Joan Holub

24 votes, 0.7%

Ever After School

Shelby Bach

24 votes, 0.7%

The Collegium

Mercedes Lackey

23 votes, 0.6%

Fairy Tale Reform School

Jen Calonita

22 votes, 0.6%

Sword & Cross

Lauren Kate

21 votes, 0.6%

Princess School

Jane B. Mason

16 votes, 0.4%

Bunson and Lacroix's Boys Polytechnique

Gail Carriger

16 votes, 0.4%

Spence Academy

Libba Bray

16 votes, 0.4%

Larwood House

Diana Wynne Jones

16 votes, 0.4%

Axis Institute for World Domination

Catherine Jinks

15 votes, 0.4%

Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents

Elise Primavera

14 votes, 0.4%

Dunwiddle Magic School

Sarah Mlynowski

14 votes, 0.4%

Arkwell Academy

Mindee Arnett

13 votes, 0.4%

Grimm Academy

Joan Holub

13 votes, 0.4%

Stranje House

Kathleen Baldwin

12 votes, 0.3%

The Academy

Tera Lynn Childs

11 votes, 0.3%

Avalon High

Meg Cabot

11 votes, 0.3%

Zetes Institute

L.J. Smith

10 votes, 0.3%

Trident Academy

Debbie Dadey

10 votes, 0.3%

Dunhammond Conservatory

Adi Rule

10 votes, 0.3%

Academy for Monsters

Jennifer Finney Boylan

9 votes, 0.2%

St. Sophia's

Chloe Neill

8 votes, 0.2%

School of Fear

Gitty Daneshvari

8 votes, 0.2%

The Academy of the Airs

Toby Bishop

8 votes, 0.2%

Nerine Academy

Elissa Sussman

8 votes, 0.2%

Greenlaw College

Caroline Stevermer

7 votes, 0.2%

Wizard's Hall

Jane Yolen

7 votes, 0.2%

Animalgam Academy

Aimee Carter

7 votes, 0.2%

Evernight Academy

Claudia Gray

6 votes, 0.2%

Cragbridge Hall

Chad Morris

6 votes, 0.2%

Bathory Academy

Nancy A. Collins

5 votes, 0.1%

Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions

Sheila Grau

5 votes, 0.1%

Winterhaven

Kristi Cook

5 votes, 0.1%

Academy for Earth Space Command

Dan Krokos

3 votes, 0.1%

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Kathleen’s Quotes

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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“Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.”
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

tags: childhood, children, parents, relationships, writing

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Oh, I suppose they’re not exactly gone, those green boys. It’s rather like a sapling turning into a tree. Can’t scrape off the bark, and whittle it down until you find that sapling again, now can you? No, of course not. The sapling becomes an oak. Forever changed. The realities of that war will remain inside us through heaven or hell. Best try and face it, Ty. Running from it won’t help. You’ll never turn back into the innocent sapling you once were.” Robert lifted his glass and grinned. “My friend, we’ve become a pair of gnarled old trees.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, Lady Fiasco

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