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Stephanie Ricker

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Born

in Fort Wayne, Indiana, The United States

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http://stephaniericker.com

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Nonfiction

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July 2008

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Stephanie is the internationally bestselling author of A Cinder's Tale, published in the Five Glass Slippers anthology. The story continues in The Cendrillon Cycle, a series of novellas set in the same universe. Volume 1, The Battle of Castle Nebula , released in December of 2014, and The Star Bell launched in May of 2016.

Stephanie enjoys reading books and climbing trees (simultaneously, whenever possible). If forced to choose her favorite books, she would pick Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Dune by Frank Herbert. All three are desert-island novels: long enough to keep her happy for a good while, and heavy enough to kill small animals with, if she were hungry. Stephanie adores the cold and the ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 775 ratings · 169 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Five Glass Slippers by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elisabeth Brown, Emma Clifton (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Battle of Castle Nebula (The Cendrillon Cycle, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Star Bell (The Cendrillon Cycle, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 38 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
	Bull Spec #7 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn (Editor), D.K. Thompson (Fiction), Jason K. Chapman (Goodreads Author) (Fiction) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Lyricist - The Cohesion of All Things by Stephanie Ricker (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Author), Michael Tildsley (Goodreads Author) (Author, Technical Consultant), Elizabeth Long it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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
	Explorations: The Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities for the State of North Carolina Volume IV by Katherine E. Bruce (Editor), Michael Tildsley (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Ricker (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	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
	Cinco Sapatinhos de Cristal by Elizabeth Brown, Emma Clifton (Goodreads Author), Rachel Heffington (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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The Goodreads blog format is so clunky that I almost never post here, but this story was worth redirecting you to my Wordpress blog:

Backpacking in Linville Gorge and almost dying from dysentery (probably)

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Series by Stephanie Ricker

The Cendrillon Cycle (2 books)
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Stephanie Ricker (Goodreads Author)

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The One

by John Marrs (Goodreads Author)

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The Sword of Kaigen

by M.L. Wang (Goodreads Author)

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Lieutenant Hornblower (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #2)

by C.S. Forester

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Stephanie Ricker made a comment on her review of Beautiful Lies: A Dark Romance for Christian Women (Withered Rose) " Beth wrote: "Appreciated! 🤦‍♀️" Happy to take one for the team! :D ...more "
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Book 2 of 3 loaned to me by a friend, because otherwise I would not have picked this one up. I didn't realize the Groundhog Day trope was so common in romance books; I've read two of them now, which is two too many for my personal preference, so take ...more
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Stephanie Ricker liked Stephen Herr's review of Redwall (Redwall, #1): "I loved these books when I was a kid, but unfortunately coming back as an adult they're quite obviously kid's books. But that's okay, not every book has to be written for 40-year olds!"
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Stephanie Ricker rated a book really liked it Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis	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
Weirdly nostalgic experience, reading a book about government written mostly when we still had one. It was unexpectedly fascinating to read about the random people in roles you've probably never heard of, quietly going about their jobs making your li ...more
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Stephanie Ricker rated a book it was amazing The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author)	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
Beautifully twisty, dramatic mystery with brilliant execution! This could have been written as a quirky, cozy, book-about-books, but instead it's a dark, gothic story that completely sucks the reader in, and I'm so glad the author went that route. It ...more
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Stephanie Ricker rated a book did not like it Beautiful Lies: A Dark Romance for Christian Women (Withered Rose) by Valicity Elaine (Goodreads Author)	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
A friend loaned me this so I could report back on it because it's got such a bizarre premise. I was like, "You know you can just read a synopsis online, right?" but I like to think she finds my scathing reviews more entertaining. To be fair to the au ...more
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This is my first Bradt guide, and I'm hooked! This beats the pants off the Lonely Planet guide to Denmark and the Faroe Islands, perhaps understandably. I loved that it gave so much history, info on local flora and fauna, societal context, and pronun ...more
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Stephanie’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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