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Margaret Dilloway

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Award-Winning Books for Preteens and Adults

Margaret started writing stories in kindergarten. Ever since then, she's used writing to understand the world and entertain people.

She loves improv, attempting complicated baking recipes, hiking, and dollhouse miniatures.

Awards:
-MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS: Winner of the American Library Association's Asian/Pacific American Librarian Honor Award
-THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS. American Library Association's Literary Tastes Award for Best Women's Fiction ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 20,492 ratings · 2,755 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Be an American Housewife 3.65 avg rating — 13,644 ratings — published 2010 — 23 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 Care and Handling of Roses With Thorns 3.73 avg rating — 2,506 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Summer of a Thousand Pies 4.06 avg rating — 1,753 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Sisters of Heart and Snow 3.75 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Five Things About Ava Andrews 4.21 avg rating — 724 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters (Momotaro, #1) by Margaret Dilloway (Goodreads Author), Choong Yoon (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 393 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
	Where the Sky Lives: A STEM Adventure About Astronomy and Activism in Zion National Park for Kids (Ages 8-12) 3.89 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Xander and the Dream Thief (Momotaro, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 96 ratings — 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
	Tale of the Warrior Geisha 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2015	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 Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Margaret Dilloway (Goodreads Author), Arthur Conan Doyle, Kwame Alexander (Introduction) 4.50 avg rating — 8 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

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IMPROV BOOK COVER REVEAL!

This book is the most personal I’ve ever written, because it’s based not only on me, but my daughter. And improv! It doesn’t focus on the bits but on the emotional impact of the scenes and being on a supportive team. In the cover copy I wrote that Ava has a “Technicolor inside but a … Continue reading IMPROV BOOK COVER REVEAL! Read more of this blog post »

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Momotaro (2 books)
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Quotes by Margaret Dilloway (?)

“Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.”
― Margaret Dilloway, How to Be an American Housewife

tags: honesty, mothers, truth

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“You are right to be afraid," he said, "but where does this fear lead you? Nowhere. You must let go of fear.”
― Margaret Dilloway

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“In some instances, it may unfortunately be necessary for a Wife to seek outside employment, such as when the husband is dismembered or is dead.”
― Margaret Dilloway

tags: humor-wife-women

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April BoTM Nominations: Sibling Relationships 1st poll~

Top 5 books will move onto the second poll!

The Silent Sister

by Diane Chamberlain

16 votes, 25.0%

The Painted Girls

by Cathy Marie Buchanan

12 votes, 18.8%

The Ice Twins

by S.K. Tremayne

9 votes, 14.1%

Between Sisters

by Kristin Hannah

6 votes, 9.4%

The Second Sister

by Marie Bostwick

5 votes, 7.8%

In the Time of the Butterflies

by Julia Alvarez

4 votes, 6.3%

Two Brothers

by Ben Elton

4 votes, 6.3%

The Good Sister

by Drusilla Campbell

3 votes, 4.7%

Into the Forest

by Jean Hegland

3 votes, 4.7%

Sisters of Heart and Snow

by Margaret Dilloway

2 votes, 3.1%

64 total votes

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Margaret’s Quotes

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
― Mother Theresa

tags: carpe-diem, future, past, present, time

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“Always be a poet, even in prose.”
― Charles Baudelaire

tags: poetry, prose, writing

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: good, writing

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“Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.”
― Alice Walker

tags: art, bad, good, writing

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“You are like nobody since I love you.”
― pablo neruda

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