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Arlene Lagos

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in Boston, The United States

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Women's Fiction, Fiction, Suspense

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October 2009

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Lagos, a native of Massachusetts has written poetry, stage plays, screenplays and short stories for over 20 years.
She began writing the Beyond Earth Series in November of 2011 as a first time Nanowrimo participant, which she successfully completed, and now has three books in the series.

Her latest novel, "Butterflies Forever" is the third book in the Butterflies Series and is due out Summer 2017.

She has written two children's middle-grade novels, "Outside The Circle" and "Sneaky Pete"

Lagos also has fourteen short stories published in the Giant Tales Anthologies.

Her goal in life is to create and to inspire the world around her. Lagos currently resides in Massachusetts with her husband and their daughter. ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 186 ratings · 74 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Beyond Earth (Beyond Earth #1) 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Butterflies Wake (Butterflies #1) 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Giant Tales Beyond the Mystic Doors by Heather Marie Schuldt (Goodreads Author), Oliver Dolan (Contributor), Kristen Strassell (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Giant Tales Dangerous Days (Book 4) by Heather Marie Schuldt (Goodreads Author), Joyce Shaughenssy, Tom Russell it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Butterflies Rising (Butterflies #2) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Outside The Circle 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Beyond Planets (Beyond Earth #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Beyond Time (Beyond Earth #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 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
	Thought Garden it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Sneaky Pete it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Series by Arlene Lagos

Butterflies (2 books)
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Beyond Earth (3 books)
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