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Therese Walsh

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Therese's second novel, The Moon Sisters, was published by Crown (Penguin Random House) in March 2014, received starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal, and was named one of the Best Books of 2014 by Library Journal.

Her debut novel, The Last Will of Moira Leahy, was published in 2009 by Shaye Areheart books (Random House), and became a Target Breakout Book.

Therese is the co-founder of Writer Unboxed, a blog for writers about the craft and business of fiction.

She is also the 'architectural' editor of Author in Progress, the first Writer Unboxed book, published by Writer's Digest in 2016.

Before turning to novels, Therese was a researcher and writer for Prevention magazine, and then a freelance writer. She’s had hundreds of article ...more

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	The Moon Sisters 3.56 avg rating — 2,503 ratings — published 2014 — 14 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
	The Last Will of Moira Leahy 3.75 avg rating — 1,336 ratings — published 2007 — 14 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
	Author In Progress: A No-Holds-Barred Guide to What It Really Takes to Get Published by Therese Walsh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Scott Bell (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.29 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Read. Write. Reflect.: Inspiration for Creative Minds by Monica Saigal Bhide (Goodreads Author), Therese Walsh (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.53 avg rating — 15 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
	Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Heart: A Journal for Escaping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts and Getting Unstuck 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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“Dreams like feet, better than knees.”
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“But we can control ourselves—right now, in this moment. That’s something. Maybe it’s everything.”
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“It took strength to notice things, sometimes, when those things were hidden away in dark places, stuck on the edges of the periphery. Strength to point to them and say that matters enough that I need to do something about it, especially when no one else blinked over them or everyone else forgot they were important.”
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“Dreams like feet, better than knees.”
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“For the Javanese...the purpose of knowledge (kaweruh) is love, not ambition or cleverness. Knowledge comes from caring enough to suffer and learn.”
― Therese Walsh, The Last Will of Moira Leahy

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“But we can control ourselves—right now, in this moment. That’s something. Maybe it’s everything.”
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“Hope was a powerful thing. Difficult to risk.”
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message 5: by Veronica

Apr 22, 2016 05:30PM

Thanks for becoming my friend on Goodreads. I too like dark chocolate, as well as Writer Unboxed!
---Veronica "Vernie" Dale. Blood Seed and Night Cruiser: Short Stories about Creepy, Amusing or Spiritual Encounters with the Shadow

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message 4: by Tegan

Aug 28, 2013 11:51AM

Hi Therese!

Just wanted to say I'm really excited about your new book coming out next year! I've been keeping an eye out every since I read The Last Will of Moira Leahy and loved it. :)

Tegan

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message 3: by Leon

Feb 19, 2012 07:26AM