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Rachael Herron

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Unofficial bio: Rachael eats way too many Cadbury Creme eggs, no matter time of year it is. She lives with a menagerie, and battles dog hair on a full-time basis. She's a Knitter with a capital-K, and she reads WAY more than she'd ever even think about exercising.

Official bio: Rachael Herron (RH Herron) is the internationally bestselling author of more than two dozen books, including thriller, mainstream fiction, feminist romance, memoir, and nonfiction about writing. She received her MFA in writing from Mills College, Oakland, and she teaches writing extension workshops at both UC Berkeley and Stanford. She is a proud member of the NaNoWriMo Writer’s Board. She’s a New Zealand citizen as well as an American.

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	How to Knit a Love Song (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 6,205 ratings — published 2010 — 25 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
	A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter 3.93 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	Cora's Heart (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #4) 3.89 avg rating — 1,718 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	How to Knit a Heart Back Home (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 1,732 ratings — published 2011 — 22 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 Darling Songbirds (The Songbirds of Darling Bay, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 1,597 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Wishes and Stitches (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 2011 — 15 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
	Fiona's Flame (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 911 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	On the Market (The Ballard Brothers of Darling Bay, #1) by Rachael Herron (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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
	Pack Up the Moon 3.88 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Eliza's Home (Cypress Hollow Yarn, #0.5) 4.09 avg rating — 523 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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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“What they don’t know is that she’s not coming. Their muse, knowing she wouldn’t be needed, jumped a bus to Vegas and is right now chain-smoking cigarettes and betting on nickel machines in the Bellagio.”
― Rachael Herron, Fast Draft Your Memoir

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“Short-term, hot fling staying at your house?”
She couldn’t help the smile. “Not lately. As far as I remember. If there’s one there now, it’s because he found out where I hide the key.”
― Rachael Herron, Love on Main Street

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“It might cost your life."
"Not too high a price, I think, to bring you joy.”
― Rachael Herron, Splinters of Light

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Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger

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Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton

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How to Knit a Love Song by Rachael Herron

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The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo

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“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice. You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”
― Octavia E. Butler

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“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea

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“Henry James concluded that authors make their way toward new ideas in the same mysterious way as everyone else: “His discoveries are, like those of the navigator, the chemist, the biologist, scarce more than alert recognitions. He comes upon the interesting thing as Columbus came upon the isle of San Salvador, because he had moved in the right direction for it.”
― Kathryn Schulz, Lost & Found: A Memoir

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“Rory is like a bag of right angles with a secret.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

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