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Candi Sary is the author of Magdalena (Regal House Publishing, 2023) winner of a Chanticleer International Book Award, and Black Crow White Lie (Casperian Books, 2012), winner of Reader Views Literary Award, a CIBA award and first runner-up in the Eric Hoffer Book Award for fiction. Her work has also made the finals of several writing competitions including the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and the William Faulkner William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. A mother of two adult children, Sary lives in Southern California with her husband, dog, cat and several ducks.

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	Magdalena 4.37 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Black Crow White Lie 4.28 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Thrown Away it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001	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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I'm thrilled to share my article in Zibby Mag that describes how writing my novel MAGDALENA helped me mourn the empty nest. Check it out here:

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Hangsaman

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The Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky (Pulitzer Prize Finalist)

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“I liked stories. I liked the way they had the power to make sense of life.”
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“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Joshua Slocum, Sailing Alone around the World

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“Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me.”
― C.S. Lewis

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“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.”
― Abraham Lincoln

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“War is what happens when language fails.”
― Margaret Atwood

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“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
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