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Candace McCrary Johnson

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Longtime lover of books, pens, pencils and paper, Candy McCrary writes because she has to. Her mind won't shut off and the only way to capture everything her active imagination conjures up is to put fingertips to keyboard and write.

As a result, she has written several short stories since the second grade and finished her first romance novel in college. She has since written four other books of varying genres, and while most of them are still saved on her computer, they will eventually be shared with the world so you can get a glimpse of the literary fiction and vivid characters her mind has created.

A graduate of Michigan State University, Candy spent the first half of her career as a newspaper journalist before making the switch to public r ...more

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Average rating: 4.23 · 26 ratings · 4 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

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Kin

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Candace Johnson rated a book it was amazing To Live and Date in LA: A Memoir by T Lynn Parks	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
I finished it in less than 24 hours. What a fantastic, easy read filled with jaw-dropping drama and messy relationships. What makes it different, though, is the self-reflection and “lesson to remember” card that comes at the end of each chapter. That ...more
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Candace Johnson and 144 other people liked Suesyn Zellmer's review of Valley of the Moms: "So...no. I went into this story expecting it to be a quick, breezy read about rich people with first-world problems, and it certainly is most of that. But it's ultimately a frustrating disappointment. Anna lives in a wealthy suburb of Hamilton and do" Read more of this review »
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