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Angela Shaeffer

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Angela Shaeffer is a mother to four grown children, two children-in-law, and Grammy to two adorable granddaughters. She lives in Utah with her husband when they’re not escaping to Colorado’s San Juan Mountains or exploring New York City. She loves to hike, road bike and travel but also cherishes solitary hours to read and write. The Things They Didn’t See is her debut novel.

After eighteen years as a stay-at-home mom and a full-time volunteer at her kids' schools, church and within her community, Shaeffer stopped to take a breath and remembered her longtime dream to write a book. She retired (somewhat) from volunteering and enrolled in creative writing classes through UCLA Extension. It only took a decade to finish raising her kids, write Th
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What do you like to do when you are not writing? 
I exercise every day--road bike or hike three or four times a week and Barre or Pilates on two other days. My husband and I travel a lot–either to visit our children who live away, to our cabin in the San Juan Mountains, or to see a new place in the world. Within the last two years we took a cruise to Antarctica; toured Croatia and Prague; a Read more of this blog post »
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I just finished the Mistborn Trilogy and didn't think this added much to the story. The voice and mood were so, so different. One thing I really liked is how the writing and singular focus on Kelsier's thoughts with little setting or external detail ...more
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I enjoyed this one as much as the others and am so glad to have been inducted into and conquered the first Sanderson Cosmere. Loved all the allomancy, ways of the world, learning about hemalurgy (eek!), the good guys, the bad guys, the fear and worry ...more
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