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Beth Kander is a USA Today bestselling writer with tangled roots in the Midwest and Deep South. The granddaughter of immigrants, her work often explores how worlds old and new intertwine—or collide. Beth earned an MSW from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Writing from Mississippi University for Women, where she has also served as a visiting professor. She calls Chicago home these days, and is lucky to live there with her very favorite characters: her heroic husband, their two brave, hilarious kids, and a giant rescue dog named Oz.

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“The best I could hope for was to be the cute-enough nerdy new girl, like Brittany Murphy’s character. What was that song they sang, in the party scene, when perfect Paul Rudd is singing with plaid-clad Brittany Murphy? Rollin’ with my homies...”
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