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Rita Chaney

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in Decatur, Illinois, The United States

October 13

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My sisters because they always read to me and my fourth grade teacher, ...more

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Rita Chaney grew up in Decatur, Illinois in the midst of corn and soybean fields. She is the youngest of six children and has four sisters and one brother. Her siblings kept her busy playing tag, baseball, and hide-and-seek during the summers and having snowball fights in the winters.

Reading books as a youngster was a favorite pastime for Rita. She was especially pleased when her father brought home a stack of comics from the second-hand shop downtown. Rita’s writing skills were first noticed by friends and family when she won second place in a short-story writing contest sponsored by the local newspaper as a sophomore in high school.

Rita attended Millikin University where she earned a bachelors’ degree in Psychology and Sociology. She su ...more

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	Your Money Relationship: Is It Time for a Change? really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 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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	Liberty in Christ: Paul's Epistle to the Galatians by Howard Chaney, Howard Chaney, Rita Chaney (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Scarlett's Odyssey: Between Fate & Faith by Howard D. Chaney (Goodreads Author), Rita Chaney (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

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