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June Gillam

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Sacramento, CA , The United States

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Crime, Mystery, Suspense

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Ruth Rendell, Dean Koontz, Jeff Lindsay, Donna Tartt, Dean Koontz, Joa ...more

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June Gillam writes award-winning crime fiction exploring the shadow side of humanity, chasing her obsession to figure out what makes ordinary people mad enough to kill. Her books explore topics like women’s empowerment, racism, greedy land development and intergenerational trauma.

A native of the Central Valley, June lives cradled between California’s Coastal Range and the Sierra Nevada mountains. A co-founder of Gold Country Writers and San Joaquin Valley Writers, she also belongs to Capitol Crimes, Sacramento Chapter of Sisters in Crime; Northern California Publishers & Authors; and Town Square Writers and was honored by the San Joaquin Valley Writers branch of the CA Writers Club with the establishment of the biannual June Gillam Award f ...more

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	House of Eire (Hillary Broome Novels, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	House of Cuts (Hillary Broome Novels, Book 1) 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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
	House of Dads (Hillary Broome Novels, Book 2) 4.39 avg rating — 18 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
	Fallen Kings: Unholy Secrets (Hillary Broome Novels: Social Justice Crime Fiction, #6) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Nest of White Crows: A Hillary Broome Novel (Hillary Broome Novels: Social Justice Crime Fiction Book 5) 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	House of Hoops: A Hillary Broome Novel (Hillary Broome Novels: Social Justice Crime Fiction Book 4) 4.10 avg rating — 10 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
	Woman Song: for better and for worse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	So Sweet Against Your Teeth: Poems from Childhood's Fall (Woman Song Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Writing in Small Groups: The 4color Way 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Creating Juicy Tales: Cooperative Inquiry into Writing Stories: A small group journeys through action/reflection cycles--a holistic methodology to improve craft it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

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The American Revolution: An Intimate History

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“Writing stories is like making love. --from Creating Juicy Tales”
― June Gillam, Creating Juicy Tales: Cooperative Inquiry into Writing Stories: A small group journeys through action/reflection cycles--a holistic methodology to improve craft

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June’s Quotes

“Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its highest. Live in fragments no longer.”
― E. M. Forster, Howards End

tags: guiding-words

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“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
― Carl Sagan

tags: astronomer, science, writer

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“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.”
― Carl Sagan

tags: imagination

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“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

tags: atoms, cosmos, dna, sense-of-wonder, stars

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“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”
― Carl Sagan