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Susann Cokal

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Born

in California

March 17

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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fairy stories, insomnia, and a psychic great-aunt

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Susann Cokal is the author of two books for young adults and two for regular adults. Mermaid Moon just came out and is recommended for ages 14 and up. Her previous novel, The Kingdom of Little Wounds, won several national awards, including a Michael L. Printz Honor from the American Library Association.

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Creative Writing Saves Your Brain--and Your Life

In 2012, a brain injury took away my ability to speak, read, and (almost) write. Oddly enough, the way I came back from all that was by writing a book: Mermaid Moon.

And here's the story of how it happened ...

Your creative work really can save you.

https://www.susanncokal.com/a-mermaid...

First published on the now-defunct health site Folks, 9 September 2020.

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Published on September 09, 2020 10:26 • Tags: creativity, language, mermaids, writing

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Average rating: 3.31 · 4,247 ratings · 1,026 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Kingdom of Little Wounds 3.25 avg rating — 2,773 ratings — published 2013 — 17 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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	Enchanted Living, Winter 2021 #57: The Decadence Issue by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Theodora Goss (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Miss Wondersmith (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021	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
	Enchanted Living, Autumn 2021 #56: The Abundance Issue by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author) (Editor-in-Chief), Guinevere von Sneeden (Contributor), Theodora Goss (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2021	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
	Gargoyle 57 by Richard Peabody (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Corey Mesler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Tieryas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Enchanted Living, Spring 2022 #58: The Fairy Tale Issue by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author) (Editor-in-Chief), Susann Cokal (Goodreads Author), Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2022	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
	Fourteen Shakes the Baby (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 251) by Susann Cokal (Goodreads Author), Michael Griffith (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 8 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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“Fate refuses to stop at the pretty part of the tale; Fate insists on more tests of courage and wit, a terrible end, even if the heroine's heart be pure and her crime accidental.”
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“She give me honey to make my voice sweet, but there never were a sweetness in me. I prefer a taste of rot.”
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“Am I in love? --yes, since I am waiting. The other one never waits. Sometimes I want to play the part of the one who doesn't wait; I try to busy myself elsewhere, to arrive late; but I always lose at this game. Whatever I do, I find myself there, with nothing to do, punctual, even ahead of time. The lover's fatal identity is precisely this: I am the one who waits.”
― Roland Barthes, A Lover's Discourse: Fragments

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