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Lya Badgley

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Lya Badgley writes internationally set fiction that blends suspense, history, and transformation. Born in Myanmar to Montana parents—a political scientist and an artist—she was raised in a home that prized both creativity and critical thought. Her unconventional path has carried her from Seattle’s music scene to covert film work with Burmese insurgents, and from archival preservation in Cambodia to entrepreneurship in Yangon.
Her debut, The Foreigner’s Confession (2022), was a finalist for the Nancy Pearl Award for Best Fiction. Her second, The Worth of a Ruby (2023), was a 2024 finalist for both the International Book Award and the National Indie Excellence Award. She lives outside Seattle and is excited to release her third novel, The Thir
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The Foreigner's Confession

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Inspiration – Following the Thread Welcome to Author Lya Badgley’ s monthly newsletter that explores culture and creativity.   The rain is back. I cringe as my daughter navigates the messy drive north  on the interstate from Seattle to my little town. “Oh, January,” she growls as the old prius trembles in the cross draft of…
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The Thirty-Fifth Page by Lya Badgley
"The Thirty-Fifth Page takes you on a mystical, magical realism adventure grounded in a stark, gritty setting. War has pervaded Sarajevo, darkening everyone’s lives. Undaunted, Miri enters the country to research a revered religious text, The Haggadah" Read more of this review »
The Thirty-Fifth Page by Lya Badgley
"This was a recent pick for one of the in person book clubs that I am. We are lucky that the author lives in the same town that the book club is held and she was able to come to the book club meeting and discuss her book with us, let us ask questions," Read more of this review »
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Takes the inner lives of teens seriously and gives them the depth they deserve.

Alice in Black opens Bebe Duncan’s trilogy set around Willamette High, offering a powerful exploration of how trauma and social pressures shape a young person’s path to se
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