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J.C. Loen

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July 01, 1981

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Historical Fiction, Western, Art

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Wordslinger, photographer and crazy cat lady J.C. Loen is the author of the western series The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, featuring an anti-heroine who’ll make your grandpa shit his breeches.

J.C. has a bachelor's degree in literature and a craft’s certificate in photography. She's managed to include her obsession for the Victorian era in both her writing and photography. The first Crazy Cat book is set in 1877, and since 2016 J.C. has specialized in wetplate collodion; a photographic process invented in 1851.

She lives in Lommedalen, Norway with two crazy cats and her boyfriend. When she’s not working on a story or taking pictures, she's most likely working on a diorama, managing her curiosity shop or pretending to be a cowgir ...more

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	Embers at Dawn (The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 31 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
	An Obelus Wheeze (The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The 7th Bullet (The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Black Lily (The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, #4) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	All the Things a Woman Oughtn’t Do – The Ballad of Zerelda Glanton by J.C. Loen (Goodreads Author), Ingvild Eiring 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Whiskey & Whiskers (The 9 Lives of The Outlaw known as Crazy Cat, #1-3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Polafornia by J.C. Loen (Goodreads Author), Ingvild Eiring 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2017	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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I’ve decided to shut down this blog and put all my internet “stuff” at julieloen.com

Things have changed since I first started this blog ten years ago. I’m still writing and photographing but I’ve also become passionate about making dioramas. Instead of having a website here and a website there for my different hobbies, you can now find everything in one place.

Series by J.C. Loen

The 9 Lives of the Outlaw Known as Crazy Cat (4 books)
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Thistlebone

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“I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.”
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

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“secretly he was pleased to own a horse with the sand to eat a raw cowboy.”
― Annie Proulx

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“Why is it the greatest champions of the white race always turn out to be the worst examples of it? You! Where the fuck is your chin?”
― Garth Ennis, Preacher, Volume 7: Salvation

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