Sharon Marchisello

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Sharon Marchisello is the author of two mysteries published by Sunbury Press: Going Home (2014) and Secrets of the Galapagos (2019). Her short stories have appeared in the anthologies Mystery, Atlanta Style (Ladybug Press), Shhhh...Murder (Darkhouse Books), and Finally Home (Bienvenue Press). She published a personal finance book entitled Live Well, Grow Wealth and writes a blog about personal finance, Countdown to Financial Fitness. Sharon grew up in Tyler, Texas, and earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston in French and English. She studied for a year in Tours, France, on a Rotary scholarship and then moved to Los Angeles where she earned a Masters in Professional Writing at the University of Southern California. Now sh ...more

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