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Lorena M. Proia

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https://www.lorenaproiabooks.com/

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Children's

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A.A. Milne, The Fan Brothers, Charles Schultz

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April 2024

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Lorena grew up with a pencil in her hand. As far back as she can remember, she was always drawing. Throughout grammar school and high school, she was the class artist, and she went to college to pursue a career as a graphic designer. Never in a million years would she have thought that getting a job and living on her own would mean she wouldn’t have time to draw, or that design wasn’t as creative as she had hoped.

She followed her career and discovered a knack for making things “make sense,” eventually becoming an Information Architect and User Experience Designer in high tech. She thought her creativity was lost until she was rescued by an Australian Shepherd named Phebe.

Inspired by Phebe's antics, Lorena began to write funny stories and dr ...more

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Kirkus' Top 100 Indie Books of 2024!

Thrilled and Honored!

I’m beyond excited to announce that my book has been included in Kirkus Reviews' Top 100 Best Indie Books of the Year! Out of the thousands of indie books reviewed, less than 1% receive a coveted starred review. Of those, only 100 are selected across all genres—and last year, only 7 were children's books. So what does all this mean? It means I'm over the moon!

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Lorena Proia made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Adding the selection of Top 100 Indie books of 2024 topic " My Children's book was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews top 100 Indie Books of 2024 and I'd like to add that to my books page and Author page. How do ...more "
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Lorena Proia made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Adding a book award topic " I'd like to add a book award to my profile. I'm not sure how to do that. The Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal for Best Author Illustrator for ...more "
Sep 06, 2025 03:54PM
Lorena Proia made a comment on Book Zone Reviews’s review of How to Make a Sandwich " ok, that didn't turn into a heart... but that's what it was supposed to be! :-) ...more "
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Lorena Proia made a comment on Cover Lover Book Review’s review of How to Make a Sandwich " Book Zone Reviews wrote: "Mine too!" Thank you! ...more "
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