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Kathy Steffen

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I find my inspiration from my roots in West Virginia and my love of the mountains, rivers, and tales of the people who lived and worked there. My stories are influenced by a family history of hardworking people, struggling to build lives with their hands and hearts, but never giving up their dreams.

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Average rating: 3.55 · 985 ratings · 127 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	First, There Is a River (Spirit of the River, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Jasper Mountain (Spirit of the River, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Theater of Illusion (Spirit of the River, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Spirit of the River Bundle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Mitochondria by Liza A. Pon, Eric A. Schon, Leslie Wilson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	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
	She and You and Me: Finding Ourselves in the Bible by Margaret Passenger, Kathy Steffen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda Vilas-Helton (Illustrator) 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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“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“Persons under the shock of genuine affliction are not only upset mentally but are all unbalanced physically. No matter how calm and controlled they seemingly may be, no one can under such circumstances be normal. Their disturbed circulation makes them cold, their distress makes them unstrung, sleepless.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

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“Research to date has shown that, like many other stressors, grief frequently leads to changes in the endocrine, immune, autonomic nervous, and cardiovascular systems; all of these are fundamentally influenced by brain function and neurotransmitters.”
― Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

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