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Elly Stevens

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in Rochester, NY, The United States

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Crime, Mystery, Memoir

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Stuart Woods

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At a very early age, Elly was writing fictional stories and scripts with characters from the 1950s TV shows like The Thin Man for her and her friends to act out. She worked on the staff of the high school's literary magazine.

Following her dream of writing, she joined the Publications group at Eastman Kodak Company where she held several positions including technical editor and the consumer-relationship management (CRM) team project manager for KODAK Digital Camera e-mail marketing campaigns. Elly retired in 2004.

Her first book, a memoir, Searching for Serenity in My Crazy Life, allows a peek into many of the real-life experiences with her family and friends.

Her second book, Dangerous Passion, is a fictional story of relationships, choices ...more

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	Goodbye, Fat Larry: The Murder of Movie Director Jon Pownall by Elly Stevens (Goodreads Author), Larry Cieslinski, Suzanne Blessing (contributor) 4.72 avg rating — 47 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
	Murder on the Erie Canal 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Dangerous Passion by Elly Stevens (Goodreads Author), Wheaton Ken (Cover), Blessing Suzanne (Compilation) 4.50 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
	Searching for Serenity in My Crazy Life by Elly Stevens (Goodreads Author), Suzanne Blessing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	GHOSTS by Joe Janowicz, Suzanne Blessing, Megan Parker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 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 Silent Rain by Joe Janowicz, Elly Stevens (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Suzanne Blessing (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2025 — 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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The Dirty Duck (Richard Jury, #4)

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A story of the 1900s through the Depression and World War II and what the home life was truly like for Italian immigrants, not just the parents, but the American-born children, neighbors, jobs, and even gangsters and whores. Written to capture the re ...more
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Every book written by Michael Benson is a gift. Whether it's a solved (or unsolved) mystery from the past or, in this case, a history lesson we never learned in school, Michael unravels the shocking truths. In Hollywood vs Nazis, we read that Hitler ...more
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