Shallen Anne Chitwood

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Shallen Anne Chitwood is the recipient of the 2025 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal for literary fiction and a Literary Titan's Gold Book Award winner for her debut novel Big Love and War Horse. She was born and raised in the Midwest. The time she spent on her grandparents' farm down South and the stories she heard as a young girl influenced her writing and her way of life. After earning her Master of Science in Education from Southern Illinois University, she moved to Tennessee, where she and her husband live on their own farm. When she isn't writing stories or poetry, Shallen can be found in the garden or tending to her furry and feathered friends.

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The Road To Bittersweet

With the perfect blend of poetic prose and authentic Appalachian dialogue, Donna Everhart's novel "The Road to Bittersweet" is a riveting story that will enthrall readers.

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“Like the wind and the tide, life doesn’t stand still. The sun will set and rise, and the songbirds will sing. From the depths of sorrow and grief, which cannot be controlled, to the elation felt upon hearing the cry of a newborn child as it breathes its first breath, life goes on.”
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“Like the wind and the tide, life doesn’t stand still. The sun will set and rise, and the songbirds will sing. From the depths of sorrow and grief, which cannot be controlled, to the elation felt upon hearing the cry of a newborn child as it breathes its first breath, life goes on.”
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