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Joni Hubred

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Mystery, Suspense, History

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I grew up in rural Minnesota with a passion for reading and creative writing,

In the mid-1980s, a job at a small-town weekly newspaper set the stage for my 30-year career as an award-winning reporter and editor. Just before the turn of the century, I moved to Michigan, won a few journalism awards, spent a few years in public relations, got mixed up in online news, and–during National Novel Writing Month–revised a 20-year-old, abandoned manuscript that became Above the Fold.

At the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, I moved back to Minnesota to write and edit and publish. And then print journalism called one more time.

Today, I live and work in a small town, explore southern Minnesota, and spend as much time as possible with my children, grand ...more

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Joni Hubred’s books

Average rating: 3.78 · 9 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works

	Bury the Lede (Nikki Nielsen #1.5) 3.75 avg rating — 4 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
	Above the Fold (Nikki Nielsen #1) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	One Woman: Memoir & Manifesto 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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Killer Party (A Tourist Trap Mystery, #9)

by Lynn Cahoon (Goodreads Author)

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Thrive: Living A Self-Healed Life

by Valarie Budayr (Goodreads Author)

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Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

by Brené Brown (Goodreads Author)

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