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Margo Candela

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Margo Candela is an award-winning author born and raised in Los Angeles and began her writing career when she joined Glendale Community College’s student newspaper. She transferred to San Francisco State University as a journalism major, and upon graduation began writing for websites and magazines before writing her first two novels, Underneath It All and Life Over Easy.

She returned to Los Angeles to raise her son and later wrote Good-bye to All That and More Than This. The Neapolitan Sisters, a 2023 International Latino Book Award winner, is her fifth novel and her first after a decade-long hiatus from writing. Margo once again is living in San Francisco.

From Writer to Author to Writer

I committed to The Neapolitan Sisters manuscript as a writer on March 31, 2021. Exactly a year later, I had my first meeting with my public relations and marketing consultant to figure out how to best connect with readers.

Promoting a novel is a full-time job leaving little time for the blocks of uninterrupted hours a writer needs to put words on a page. Switching between being an author who ca Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 03, 2023 11:50
Average rating: 3.45 · 917 ratings · 234 reviews · 13 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Neapolitan Sisters

3.40 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions
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More Than This

3.49 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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Good-Bye to All That

3.52 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions
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Life Over Easy

3.31 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions
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Underneath it All

3.68 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
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The Brenda Diaries

3.29 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Just Like That

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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No Need to Ask

3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012
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Life Observed: reality meet...

3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011
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Good-bye To All That: A Novel

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“MarhOne doesn't like one's job. One endures it until one lands a sugar daddy who will allow one a lifestyle of working out and laser hair removal." - James from More Than This”
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message 16: by Margo

Margo Candela robert wrote: "hi there candela
we're in the same goodreads group
and early on i checked a couple of your novels--breezy and clever--just like this mini-rant on the electronic universe controlled by the big A--th..."


Hi Robert,

Thank you for the lovely note and for going to the trouble of posting it. Juggling a life along with writing sometimes calls for cutting corners (pizza for dinner!) or hiding out ("forgetting" my cell phone when I go write at the library), but I try to make it happen. But not on weekends. There's even less time during those two days to even consider finding some for myself.

Such is life!

Margo


message 15: by Robert

Robert J. hi there candela
we're in the same goodreads group
and early on i checked a couple of your novels--breezy and clever--just like this mini-rant on the electronic universe controlled by the big A--the usual blessing/curse paradox--with kids and husband i don't see where you get the time but congrats anyway on handling all the words--all best,
robert ray (of the weekend novelist)

ps: could not get through the maze of clever gates on your blog so i'm posting here
wasted about 5 minutes typing the heiroglyphs in that little window and because of my age (77) never made it through, another proof of my irrelevance


Alcelinia hello Margo, thank u for the friend request


message 13: by Kathryn

Kathryn Thanks for the friend request!


message 12: by Shira

Shira Anthony Thanks for friending, Margo!


Savannah Margo, thank you for the friendship.


message 10: by P.J.

P.J. Thanks for the friendship!


message 9: by M.L.

M.L. Rudolph Thanks for friending a fellow Angeleno.


message 8: by Jonas

Jonas Saul Thanks for the add. Happy reading...


Daryl Sedore

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message 7: by Simon

Simon thanks for seeking me out.


Sensitivemuse hiyas!!! thanks for the add :)


Harlequin Books Hello Margo, it is a pleasure to meet you.


Rosemary Thanks for the friend invitation and a big Congratulations on your novels. How wonderful to be doing what love!


Zulmara Fancy meeting you here...what a que cool site...

Thanks for the add...

ADELANTE!!!

Zulmara


Maggie Margo
Thank you for accepting my friend request. Congratulations on your books!
xo
Maggie Marr

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message 1: by Daniel (last edited Aug 25, 2016 02:05PM)

Daniel Margo, I added Underneath It All and Life Over Easy to my to-read list.


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