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Michele Olson

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http://www.lakegirlpublishing.com

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Mystery, Suspense, Christian

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Michèle Olson has an over-forty-year career in advertising and marketing as a writer in all mediums, with an emphasis in health writing. She has also enjoyed a professional voice career including time as a DJ (yes, even when they still played records!) and has voiced local to national commercials and voice projects.
It has always been her dream to segue into fiction and Being Ethel (In a world that loves Lucy) is the first in a series based on Mackinac Island—a tiny island in the Straits of Mackinac that connect the Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Being Dorothy (In a world longing for home), where Piper Penn encounters a couple hiding on the island, but no one knows it! Think James Bond! A visitor to the island along with her husband Michèle Olson has an over-forty-year career in advertising and marketing as a writer in all mediums, with an emphasis in health writing. She has also enjoyed a professional voice career including time as a DJ (yes, even when they still played records!) and has voiced local to national commercials and voice projects.
It has always been her dream to segue into fiction and Being Ethel (In a world that loves Lucy) is the first in a series based on Mackinac Island—a tiny island in the Straits of Mackinac that connect the Upper and Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Being Dorothy (In a world longing for home), where Piper Penn encounters a couple hiding on the island, but no one knows it! Think James Bond! A visitor to the island along with her husband for over thirty years, she loves to tell people about this unique place with no cars and plenty of fudge!
Next it's Being Alice (In a world lost in the looking glass) where a young woman with a disfigured face meets the musician of her dreams...and the pain in her heart can't compare to the pain of her past. Music lovers will love this book!
Book four is Being Wendy (In a world afraid to grow up) where 50 year old Wendy T. Bell can't figure out which one of her friends at her 50th birthday party is trying to ruin her career as a famous author. She escapes to Mackinac Island and more trouble, and the possibility of love follow. The ending will make your jaw drop!
Book 5 -Being Nancy (In a world lost in mystery) for all of you who grew up loving Nancy Drew! Nancy Benson is a middle aged woman bringing a Nancy Drew convention to the Grand Hotel in 1983. Mystery, mayhem, miracles, and mirth follow. Book 6- Being Goldie (In a "just-right" world) takes place in 1984. Follow twins Goldie and Gilda Locks to their stay at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Their devious Granny keeps them under her thumb with threats to remove their monthly stipends....but mysterious strangers threaten to disrupt everything they know about themselves. It's a wild ride with these ladies! Don't miss it! Every Mackinac Island story is filled with mystery, mayhem, mirth, mischief, and miracles...and a splash of romance.
A mom, a mother-in-love, and a “Gee Gee” (G as in good), Michèle resides with her husband in the shadow of Lambeau Field, where life around football abounds. She cherishes her faith and family above all and is delighted to take you on this trip to Mackinac Island, a place that has brought her so much respite and joy.
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Average rating: 4.03 · 576 ratings · 117 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Being Ethel: In a world that loves Lucy (Mackinac Island #1) 3.79 avg rating — 260 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
	Being Dorothy: In a world longing for home (Mackinac Island #2) 4.17 avg rating — 103 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
	Being Alice: In a world lost in the looking glass (Mackinac Island #3) 4.29 avg rating — 77 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
	Being Wendy: In a world afraid to grow up (Mackinac Island Stories #4) 4.37 avg rating — 60 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
	Being Nancy: In a world lost in mystery (Mackinac Island Stories #5) 4.16 avg rating — 44 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
	Being Goldie: In a "just-right' world (Mackinac Island Stories #6) 4.04 avg rating — 23 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
	5 Easy Steps to a Happy Birthday!: A practical, funny guide to a Happy Birthday every single year! 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
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Yesterday was the first day of 2020 and the day my first novel became available to the public. After three years of writing and learning all about this, the culmination of holding the book in my hand was highly emotional! (I'm not a person who cries easily, but this one got me!) I'm a Grandmother, so this has been a long time in the works, and a heart's desire forever! Even though I've written pro Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 02, 2020 05:33 • Tags: 1970s, christian-romance-and-suspense, i-love-lucy, mackinac-island, old-hollywood, somewhere-in-time

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“What happens when you combine a love of Wizard of Oz, Nora Ephron, James Bond movies, and the desire for true faith? You embark on an unforgettable 1980 journey to magical Mackinac Island.”
― Michele Olson, Being Dorothy: In a world longing for home

tags: christian-fiction, friendship, mackinacisland, mackinawisland, marriage, mystery-suspense, piperpenn, romanticsuspense, spy-novel, wizardofoz

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“What happens when you combine a love of Lucy, Nora Ephron, Old Hollywood, and the desire for true faith? You embark on an unforgettable 1979 journey to magical, Mackinac Island.
– Author, Michele Olson, Being Ethel (In a world that loves Lucy)”
― Michele Olson, Being Ethel: In a world that loves Lucy

tags: humor, inspirational, suspense-romance

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