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Rachael Balke

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Rachael made her publishing debut in 2023.
She was born in the Dallas Fort Worth area, then shortly after, her parents moved her back to the middle Tennessee area to be closer to family. She was raised all over middle Tennessee with her formative years spent in Manchester, Tennessee, and her adolescent years spent in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Rachael has loved writing and reading ever since she was a little girl. She started writing short stories in the second grade, then, in high school, she took her first creative writing class. As she grew older, she continued to write in her free time, but it seems like free time can dry up when you're a grown-up.
Her love of writing was reignited when she joined a creative writing class put on by her loc ...more

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Leza of the Alpha Line

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Leza of the Alpha Line is now available on Amazon! It's available as an eBook, paperback, and a brand-new hardback.
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Towers of Midnight (The Wheel of Time, #13)

by Robert Jordan

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