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Jan Stites

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Jan Stites is the author of the novel, Edgewise, which Wally Lamb called "courageous, heartfelt and unforgettable," numerous screenplays, and Reading the Sweet Oak, a novel her agent sold to Lake Union, Amazon's full-service publishing, mainstream novel imprint. RtSO will be published Sept. 29, 2015. Susan Mallery says, "A charming new voice in women's fiction, Stites writes from the heart about friendship, love, and what it means to find where you belong." Jan has worked at a multitude of jobs, including teaching screenwriting at San Francisco State University and U.C. Berkeley, teaching numerous subjects in villages in Mexico and Kenya, and teaching middle school in various locales. Jan has also worked as secretary, waitress, translator i ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 1,170 ratings · 108 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Reading the Sweet Oak 3.70 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Edgewise 3.83 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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
	Becoming Felicity 4.75 avg rating — 16 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
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Reading the Sweet Oak

Celebrating. Signed with an agent to represent my new novel, Reading the Sweet Oak, about five Ozarkian women whose lives change dramatically when they form a romance novel reading group. Here's hoping a publisher likes it.

I recently read and enjoyed Emily Giffin's Something Borrowed. Well written. And I'm enjoying the humor of Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. I also recommend three books I loved: Read more of this blog post »

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The Husband's Secret

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“I figure if you truly love someone, it must be like the river: full of hidden surprises and sparkles so bright it just about makes your heart stop.”
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“But I figure if you truly love someone, it must be like the river: full of hidden surprises and sparkles so bright it just about makes your heart stop.”
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