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Denise Thompson-Slaughter

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Denise Thompson-Slaughter was raised in Maryland and worked her way through college at the University of Maryland (College Park) and Rutgers University, where she graduated with a B.A. in English. She worked for several decades after that as an academic editor. In 1981 she married historian Thomas P Slaughter and they have lived in six different states, following educational and academic opportunities. They adopted two children in the early 1990s and since 2008 have lived in western New York, where both of them began working for the University of Rochester. Denise retired from editing in 2017 and has concentrated on writing since then.

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Elemental [poetry], Plain View Press, 2010;
Sixty-ish: Ful
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Denise Thompson-Slaughter The many mysteries in my life are described in my book, CLEANING THE COINCIDENCE CLOSET, where I seek to find answers to them: an object flying throug…moreThe many mysteries in my life are described in my book, CLEANING THE COINCIDENCE CLOSET, where I seek to find answers to them: an object flying through the air without human agency, psychic and precognitive dreams, recognition of a place I'd never been before, feeling someone else's health problems from 200 miles away, and so many coincidences! Any one of these could be the opening event and driving force in a novel!(less)
Denise Thompson-Slaughter So far, I have not had to write to a deadline (except one in my head), so I just ride a block out. (I think having tight deadlines probably causes wri…moreSo far, I have not had to write to a deadline (except one in my head), so I just ride a block out. (I think having tight deadlines probably causes writer's block in many cases!) Maybe I'm lazy, or maybe I just honor my own rhythms, but I know I have creative periods and fallow periods. The fallow periods are just as important because that's when you are germinating the ideas and energy to follow them through. When I'm in a fallow period, I READ. A lot. Or I turn to some other creative pursuit like drawing or craftwork. I'll know when I'm ready to get back to writing. At times I've worried that I wouldn't get back to it at all, but I always do. It's like any other cycle in nature. I know other writers don't always have the luxury of going with the flow, of course. They have contracts--and undoubtedly make more money than I do!--but they don't have the pleasure of waiting for inspiration to strike.(less)
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This lovely classic poses a serious question. If you could live forever without your body ever getting any older, would you do it? What would be the consequences in terms of family, friends, society, environment, your own mind, and how you would be p ...more
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The Basement Door probably qualifies as a cozy mystery, but it has just enough suspense in it to keep you turning the pages and saying "one more chapter!" before you turn out the light for bed. The characters are very likable. A young woman named Emi ...more
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The Distant Echo by Val McDermid
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This story was riveting, and I loved the characters, most of whom were very likable. [Don't you hate it when you don't like any of the characters in a book?]

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Nobody's Sweetheart Now by Maggie Robinson
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This is a delightful cozy mystery set in 1920s England, complete with titled characters, a ghost, social commentary, scandalous behavior, and a bit of comedy.
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James   McBride
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Set in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, between the first and second world wars, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store gets off to a slightly slow start, as the person you think is the main character turns out not to be a main character, but he is still a good pl ...more
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We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
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By the author of the Thursday Murder Club series, We Solve Murders is a delightful romp through a handful of countries as English bodyguard Amy Wheeler, her father-in-law and retired policeman Steve Wheeler, and the author that Amy has been hired to ...more
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Eruption by Michael Crichton
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This book, based on notes and research by the late sci-fi suspense novelist Michael Crichton, was mostly written by James Patterson, at the request of Crichton's widow. To me, it does not have as much depth as some of Crichton's earlier books. I foun ...more
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This is a delightful cozy mystery set in 1920s England, complete with titled characters, a ghost, social commentary, scandalous behavior, and a bit of comedy.
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Zoi by Jane Mondrup
"A thought-provoking and truly wondrous first-contact novel. This is the kind of science fiction I’m always looking for—the direction I wish the genre as a whole would go. Jane Mondrup brings together genuinely science-based world building with the im" Read more of this review »
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