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L.L. Kirchner writes historical noir and psychological suspense about women who break the rules — and break them memorably. Her debut psychological suspense novel, The Critic (Book One of the Steel City Mysteries, June 2026), is set in 1990s Pittsburgh. She is also the author of the complete Queenpin Chronicles trilogy — Florida Girls, Vegas Girls, Havana Girls — historical noir praised as "a rollicking historical novel brimming with colorful characters...well-crafted entertainment" by New York Times bestselling author Jane Heller.
Before turning to fiction, Kirchner was a Pushcart-nominated author and award-winning screenwriter whose two memoirs about life as an expat in Asia drew comparisons to Eat, Pray, Love — "but funny," as an NPR inte ...more

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	American Lady Creature: (My) Change in the Middle East 3.80 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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	The Debutante: The Making of a Queenpin: A Prequel to the Queenpin Chronicles 3.43 avg rating — 7 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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“Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”
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“I cannot understand anti-abortion arguments that centre on the sanctity of life. As a species we've fairly comprehensively demonstrated that we don't believe in the sanctity of life. The shrugging acceptance of war, famine, epidemic, pain and life-long poverty shows us that, whatever we tell ourselves, we've made only the most feeble of efforts to really treat human life as sacred.”
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“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.”
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Dec 18, 2022 06:38PM

Hi all! This is a trailer for my book about going through a divorce in the wild and wonderful world that was Qatar in the early aughts.

There’s been so much interest in the country with all the FIFA business, I reverted the rights and self-pubbed it. JUST today on the very last day I thought, I should recut my trailer with the #WorldCup music.

(can’t post the url here :( ; it’s on my TikTok @llkirchner_)

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