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Kathleen Flanagan Rollins

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Born

New York, New York, The United States

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http://www.misfitsandheroes.com

Genre

Prehistoric Fiction, Fantasy

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Ancient cultures, Mesoamerican art, including Borges, Gabriel García M ...more

Member Since

May 2011

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Kathleen Flanagan Rollins: retired English professor turned novelist, fascinated by all things ancient but especially the earliest explorers who discovered, quite literally, brand new worlds

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Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Kathleen Flanagan Rollins This is an interesting question. Most intense romances seem to end in early death! Take Romeo and Juliet and all the later versions of the story. Even…moreThis is an interesting question. Most intense romances seem to end in early death! Take Romeo and Juliet and all the later versions of the story. Even Gatsby winds up dead in his own swimming pool. There's Lizzie and Darcy, I suppose, though the story wisely ends with their marriage. Same with Harry and Sally. Ulysses and Penelope have a long marriage, but Ulysses is away for most of it.

Maybe the answer is that it's hard to write an engrossing novel about a happily married couple. The stormy relationships make better copy.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Kathleen Flanagan Rollins The plot of the third book in the Misfits and Heroes series, A Meeting of Clans, flowed from the first two. At the end of the first book, Misfits and …moreThe plot of the third book in the Misfits and Heroes series, A Meeting of Clans, flowed from the first two. At the end of the first book, Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa, a group from West Africa has established a village on the Gulf coast of southern Mexico, and Naaba, one of the main characters, has carved a sign into a rock face behind a waterfall in the interior as a way of recording the event.

At the end of the second book, Past the Last Island, about a group of explorers from the South Pacific, a visionary dwarf is driven to find the image that's been haunting his dreams. After a long search, he finds it - the sign Naaba carved.

The third book, A Meeting of Clans, picks up with Nulo's news of the discovery of the sign. Suddenly the explorers from the South Pacific realize they're not alone in the New World. While some welcome the news, others don't. Their world becomes considerably more complicated when they meet the strangers. (less)

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	Misfits and Heroes: West from Africa 4.14 avg rating — 93 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
	Past the Last Island: A Misfits and Heroes Adventure 4.34 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	A Meeting of Clans: A Misfits and Heroes Adventure really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Family of Strangers: A Misfits and Heroes Adventure 3.63 avg rating — 19 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
	Domesticated Velociraptors by Brittany J. Thurman (Editor), Daniel M. Bensen (Goodreads Author), J.L. Zenor (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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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A Fish Knife

I have a fish knife. Not the kind fishermen use to clean their catch or remove the scales. It’s a serving knife made of sterling silver, about 11” long, with an engraved fish on the blade, surrounded by punched stars and etched greenery. The handle has “EHT” engraved on it. I have no idea whose initials those might be. Worse, I’ve never used it to serve fish, though occasionally it’s been hel

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