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Mark Saha grew up in cotton country along the Texas Gulf Coast, earned a BA at the University of Notre Dame, and attended film school at UCLA, where a collection of his short stories won a Samuel Goldwyn Creative Writing Award and led to many years of writing scripts for film and television. Growing up in Texas he worked on a doodlebug crew blowing shot lines across the Big Thicket, drove a tractor hauling trash wagons at a cotton gin near Fairchild, and worked cattle on foot on his father’s farm outside Sealy. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

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	Lady Joe 3.67 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Mystery Manor: A Spooktacular 3-D Playset it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	A Dangerous Balancing Act: Amsterdam 1940-1945 by Marga Grünberg, Mark Saha (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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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Book For Every Season

Lost Horses got a good podcast review (3 minutes) on Laurel Pinkney’s Book For Every Season today.

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Stealing Hollywood: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your Best Book

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“I was just telling Claire about a guy I met in bread class. I hate him, but he could be my soul mate.”
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