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Michele C. Shaw

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Born in Australia, Michele has loved writing from an early age and has always dreamed of sharing the stories she created.
In another life she’d have been travelling from tavern to tavern in a patchwork cloak, but for now her bard performances are limited to a keyboard when she gets off work.

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The Honorable Con (The Obscura Saga, #1)

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The Dictionary of Lost Words

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How to Be an Antiracist

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

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“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?”
― Garth Nix, Sabriel

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“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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