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Linda Vigen Phillips

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Born

in Klamath Falls, OR, The United States

Website

http://www.lindavigenphillips.com

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Genre

Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry

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William Edgar Stafford, Mary Oliver, J. D. Salinger ...more

Member Since

March 2012

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Linda Vigen Phillips was born and raised in pristine southeast Oregon. She left after graduating from U of O but Oregon never left her. She says, "There is a deep-down reservoir in my soul that holds the sound of lake wind whistling through tall Ponderosas, sun glancing off of Cascade Range peaks, the semi-arid wind carrying sage and juniper scent....more renewable resources than any writer could ever need."

Linda finds passion in creating realistic fiction told in verse, to offer hope to teens and their families who face mental or physical health challenges. Her debut novel, Crazy, depicts the struggles of a teenage girl in the1960’s coming to terms with her mother’s bipolar disorder. It earned numerous accolades, including Foreword Review ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 490 ratings · 124 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crazy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 406 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
	Behind These Hands 3.98 avg rating — 84 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
	Thoughts at Crossings 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
	Behind These Hands: a novel in verse 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

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Charlotte Clubhouse: Getting Closer to the Goal

Dear Friends,

Today I am pleased to welcome Melissa O’ Lenick, a member of the Charlotte Clubhouse Board. Melissa, I know you are heavily involved in fundraising for the Clubhouse and we want to hear all about that. But first, share a little bit about yourself and how you have become involved with Charlotte Clubhouse.

I’ve always been someone who fights for the underdog and helps oth

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Linda Vigen Phillips wrote a new blog post Charlotte Clubhouse: Getting Closer to the Goal Dear Friends, Today I am pleased to welcome Melissa O’ Lenick, a member of the Charlotte Clubhouse Board. Melissa, I know you are heavily involved in Read more of this blog post »
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Linda Phillips rated a book it was amazing Half-Truths by Carol Baldwin (Goodreads Author)	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
Kate Dinsmore, the teenage protagonist in this book you won’t want to put down, and the author, Carol Baldwin, have a lot in common. They both have a way with words and aim to use them to make the world a better place to live. In her first fiction YA ...more
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Linda Phillips rated a book it was amazing Ladies' Day by Lisa Williams Kline (Goodreads Author)	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
I know nothing about golf, but I know Lisa and I knew I would enjoy this read and her unique way of telling a story with a mixture of humor, spunk, and great plot and character development. Whether you golf or not, you will find Lisa's well-written s ...more
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Quotes by Linda Vigen Phillips (?)

“But there is one cool thing
about having a weirdo mother.
She works so hard at remembering
where she left herself
she doesn’t have time
to work on me.”
― Linda Vigen Phillips, Crazy

tags: written-in-verse, ya

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Linda’s Quotes

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

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“But there is one cool thing
about having a weirdo mother.
She works so hard at remembering
where she left herself
she doesn’t have time
to work on me.”
― Linda Vigen Phillips, Crazy

tags: written-in-verse, ya

6 likes