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Carol Anne Dobson

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A qualified teacher and librarian with a B.A. in English, French and Russian.
Author of four books:
Storks in a Blue Sky, a historical romance which won the 2009 David St John Thomas Fiction Award;
Hecate's Moon, a historical novel, the sequel to Storks in a Blue Sky, again featuring the Delacroix family.
Freedom, a sci fi story for teens/YA, set in a futuristic New Mexico.
I, Lafayette, narrative non fiction in the form of an autobiography.
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Storks in a Blue Sky

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Oddicombe Beach

Grey sky, a sombre sea gently lapping the red sandstone cliff, creating swirls of pale red-brown foam floating along the shingle beach. The mournful wail of a seagull, a solitary cormorant suddenly disappearing below the water. Three anglers on the jetty hoping for mackerel.
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