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Florence Osmund

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in The United States

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Fiction, Nonfiction

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After more than three decades building a career in corporate America, Florence Osmund retired and learned the craft of writing literary fiction. She published her first novel at sixty-two — and has not stopped since.

Today, Florence is the author of eight novels, every one of which has earned the B.R.A.G. Medallion — a distinction awarded to fewer than 15% of submitted books. She is also the author of How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Novel, a guide born from her own hard-won experience.

Some of her readers describe her characters as feeling like lifelong best friends — and her plots as full of twists no one sees coming. Florence writes stories that challenge readers to examine their own values, their own choices, and their own understandi ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 6,852 ratings · 693 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Regarding Anna 3.73 avg rating — 3,462 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Nineteen Hundred Days 4.25 avg rating — 513 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
	The Coach House 3.67 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Boxed Set - The Coach House and Daughters 4.20 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2015	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
	Daughters 3.84 avg rating — 295 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
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	How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Novel: Steps to Making Your Writing Credible, Engaging, and Marketable it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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

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On Sale in December

As a holiday special, for the month of December I am bundling these three paperback books for $25 if ordered through my website: The Coach House, Daughters, and Red Clover.

They are signed, and the price includes shipping. Here's the link http://www.florenceosmund.com.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season! Read more of this blog post »

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“you create your own happiness by the choices you make. If you rely completely on others, you’ll never have it, at least not in the true sense of happiness.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

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“If you keep letting things happen to you, you’ll always be channeling someone else’s course.”
― Florence Osmund, Red Clover

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“As my uneasiness heightened, I tried to imagine who lived here, what their days were like, how they ended up here. I thought about children growing up in this kind of environment, the opportunities they probably didn’t even know they were missing. I thought about my own situation, and all of a sudden my troubles didn’t seem so bad.”
― Florence Osmund, Regarding Anna

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