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Deborah Henry

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women & Gender Studies

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Deborah Henry attended American College in Paris and graduated cum laude from Boston University with a minor in French language and literature. She received her MFA in creative writing at Fairfield University and has the passionate support of many first-class novelists including Jacquelyn Mitchard, Pulitzer prize winner Robert Olen Butler, Da Chen, Michael White, Martine Bellen, Caroline Leavitt, Dawn Tripp Susan Henderson and Irishman Thomas Cooke, Emmy-award winning writer and director. Her first review of THE WHIPPING CLUB, a Kirkus Review earned a Kirkus Star. Deborah is an active member of The Academy of American Poets, a board member of CavanKerry Press and a patron of the Irish Arts Center in New York.

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The Whipping Club

Hi Friends:

Thrilled to share that my debut novel, The Whipping Club, was selected for O - Oprah Magazine July Summer Reading Issue.

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	The Whipping Club 3.36 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2012 — 8 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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“My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.”
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message 6: by Dale (last edited Jul 19, 2014 12:19PM)

Feb 09, 2014 07:14PM

Deborah, thank you for the Goodreads connect.
Wish you the very best in 2014!

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message 5: by L

Oct 29, 2012 02:05AM

Dear Deborah,
I would like to thank you so much for being my friend here on GoodReads. I feel so privaliged to have had the oportunity of reading your increadible novel The Whipping Club, that was just so spectacular. Thank you so very much and all the best with the book.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x

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message 4: by Deborah

Jun 14, 2012 07:48AM