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L.S. Sharrow

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Sharrow comes from a family of storytellers, lithographers, painters, and glass artists, as well as truck drivers and steel workers. Her interests include Jewish history, feminism, evolutionary history, and paleoanthropology.

Growing up her family spoke four languages besides English: Spanish, Yiddish, Russian, and German.

She concentrates most of her writing on hard-boiled whodunnits with a female sleuth.


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DYSTOPIAN COMEDY. GREAT READ!

In this hilarious novel, magic is a dystopian bad dream, with the Guild of Mercy & Maintenance in attendance.
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"Scenes from a Frolic is a wonderfully engaging novella - warm, clever, and full of subtle emotional moments.

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"Luciana is cynical about men, but in walks Harry, a charismatic man eager to change her mind. I enjoyed this humourous and witty novelette, and learned a bit about another culture’s history. I’m also reminded that there are plenty of good men out the" Read more of this review »
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"Wonderful short story (or should I say novelette). Sharrow really ought to start writing more novels as the only criticism I have is that it didn’t last long enough! "
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