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Suanne Schafer

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Historical Fiction, Suspense, Fiction

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Suanne Schafer, a retired family practice physician, completed the Stanford University Creative Writing Certificate program in 2014. Her short works have been featured in magazines and anthologies. Her debut women’s fiction novel, A Different Kind of Fire, explores the life of a nineteenth century bisexual artist living in West Texas was released in November 2018.. Hunting the Devil, her second novel, involves a physician caught up in the Rwandan genocide and will be released September 15, 2019. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association.

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	Passion & Paint 4.13 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Hunting the Devil 4.80 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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
	Love Fiesta Style: 17 Texas Short Stories by Sophia Isaac, Maida Malby (Goodreads Author), Diane S. Morris 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Licked by Jillian Boyd (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Suanne Schafer (Goodreads Author), Dale Cameron Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 13 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
	Night Lights: An Anthology of Short Fiction: First Contact, Conspiracy, and Space Opera by Kurt Bachard (Goodreads Author), Richard W. Black, David Boop 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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
	166 Palms - A Literary Anthology by James Burnham (Editor), Suanne Schafer (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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
	Bete Noire Issue #12 by A.W. Gifford (Editor), Jennifer L. Gifford (Editor), Bruce Boston (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Graveyard: a collective work by Sez Publishing it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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“We ladies will vote. It’s inevitable. We have emancipated the Negro. We females will be freed from bondage next.”
― Suanne Schafer, A Different Kind of Fire

tags: inspirational-attitude, suffrage

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“Women are just as intelligent, just as capable, as men. Constant pregnancies keep us from achieving our own lofty goals. Men have no such impediment, do they?”
― Suanne Schafer, A Different Kind of Fire

tags: inspirational, men, pregnancy, suffrage

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“A man does only a man’s work. A female artist must be a superwoman, someone of two selves. One performs the work she is called by God to do while the other fulfills the womanly obligations our culture sets upon her.”
― Suanne Schafer

tags: female-artist, superwoman

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“We ladies will vote. It’s inevitable. We have emancipated the Negro. We females will be freed from bondage next.”
― Suanne Schafer, A Different Kind of Fire

tags: inspirational-attitude, suffrage

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“As sisters, we shall encourage each other. Our devotion to art—and each other—will be as strong as marriage vows. Our ambition shall not lie dormant. We shall become artists.”
― Suanne Schafer, A Different Kind of Fire

tags: inspirational, women

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