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Hannah Karena Jones

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Hannah is a writer, reader, and publishing professional who loves all of the above plus dogs, Earl Grey tea, dark chocolate, museums, summer, and ghost stories.

Her first book, Byberry State Hospital, (Arcadia Publishing, 2013) is a non-fiction pictorial history about the abandoned state mental hospital located in the outskirts of Philadelphia, near her childhood home. She used to pass it every Saturday morning on her way to roller skating lessons (thanks to which she can skate in public--forwards, backwards, in circles, and with minimum injury or embarrassing falls). She used to ask her parents a million questions about the hospital and now she finally knows the answers.

She is currently working on a variety of middle grade and young adult ...more

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I’ve been planting a lot of seeds in the last year and a half. Some are real seeds: In March, I seed-started cherry tomatoes and jalapeños for what will be my first attempt at a vegetable garden, as well as basil, cilantro, and rainbow coleus. I stratified the tiny ‘Lauren’s Grape’ poppy seeds I harvestedContinue reading "Planting Seeds / Publishing Stories" Read more of this blog post »

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	Byberry State Hospital 3.71 avg rating — 14 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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	2012 Press 53 Open Awards Anthology by Kevin Morgan Watson (Editor), Dominique Traverse Locke (Contributor), Art Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Out of the Loop

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How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder

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Hannah’s Quotes

“And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally

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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

tags: allegory, books, broad-mindedness, classic, education, imagery, travel, world

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“I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.”
― Margaret Mead

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“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
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message 2: by Hannah

Aug 21, 2013 09:04AM

Melanie wrote: "Look at you with over a thousand books on your list! O_O!"

Haha, I saw your call out on Twitter for Goodreads friends that had lots of reviews/ratings/recommendations. Thought I'd share :]

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message 1: by Melanie

Aug 21, 2013 08:44AM