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Author Mary L. Hamilton grew up at a youth camp in southeastern Wisconsin, much like the setting for her Rustic Knoll Bible Camp series. Her experiences during twenty years of living at the camp, as well as people she knew there, inspired many of the events and situations in her novels.
Mary began her writing career with articles for inspirational magazines and church take-home papers. She also wrote a Christmas play entitled Homespun Angel before she turned to writing novels.
Mary also writes adult mystery/suspense novels under the pen name M L Hamilton.
Although a native of Wisconsin, Mary has lived most of her adult life in Texas where she met and married her husband and raised three children. But while her feet may be in Texas, a large par ...more

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	Pendant by M.L. Hamilton, Mary L. Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 78 ratings — 7 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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	Hear No Evil (Rustic Knoll Bible Camp, #1) 4.51 avg rating — 59 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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	Speak No Evil (Rustic Knoll Bible Camp #2) 4.35 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014 — 6 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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