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Shawna Seed

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in Hutchinson, KS, The United States

May 28

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Suspense, Mystery, Contemporary

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Shawna Seed is a writer and editor whose career has taken her to both coasts and several spots in between, working for organizations that include The Dallas Morning News and ESPN.com.

Originally from Kansas, she's lived in seven states and every continental U.S. time zone. She and her husband now call Dallas home.

When she's not writing, her interests include cooking, travel and watching college basketball. (Go Jayhawks!)

Her books include Identity, a suspense novel set on the Texas Gulf Coast, and Not in Time, a novel about looted art.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 204 ratings · 49 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Not In Time (Lost Art Investigations, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Identity 4.30 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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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My Summer Reads

True confession: I’m not a fan of summer. It’s hot. I don’t like hot. But it’s a great time to lounge by the pool or the lake or – let’s be honest – in the air-conditioning and lose yourself in a fun read. Here are some the books on my summer reading list: BIG SKY, by Kate Atkinson I’ve been a Kate Atkinson…

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Shawna is Currently Reading

Shawna Seed is currently reading

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Saoirse: A Novel

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A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See

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