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Erma Odrach

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AS AN AUTHOR
I am an author/translator living in Windsor, Canada.

My novel The Bank Street Peeper was published by Adelaide Books, 2021. It's about the inhabitants of one short city street as seen through the eyes of the neighborhood window peeper. Full of humor, pathos, bathos, and some darker elements, Bank Street is a weird and wonderful place.

My book of short stories, Alaska or Bust and Other Stories, was published by Crimson Cloak Publishing. Alaska or Bust brings the northwest corner of the North American continent to life. The land is raw and beautiful and there is magic and unpredictability everywhere.

AS A LIT TRANSLATOR
I have translated the works of my late father, Theodore Odrach. Novels and short stories.

Wave of Terror, publishe ...more

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Erma Odrach's Blog: Alaska or Bust and Other Stories - a write up in the Mi

Here's a write up on Alaska or Bust in the Mississauga News, 2016

Alaska or Bust and Other Stories http://www.mississauga.com/whatson-st...

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Average rating: 4.35 · 40 ratings · 18 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Wave of Terror by Theodore Odrach, Erma Odrach (Goodreads Author) (Translation), Emma Odrach (Translation) 4.08 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2008 — 7 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 Bank Street Peeper 4.32 avg rating — 19 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
	Alaska or Bust and Other Stories 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Feline Fancies by Denna Holm (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rick Stepp-Bolling (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mehnaaz Ali (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	The Village Teacher and Other Stories by Theodore Odrach, Erma Odrach (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 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
	Whistle Stop: And Other Stories by Fedir Odrach, Erma Odrach (Goodreads Author) (Translator/Editor) did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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