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Ann K. Howley

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Ann K. Howley's debut YA novel, The Memory of Cotton, was published by Propertius Press in 2022. She is the author of the award-winning memoir, Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone Bad and is a contributor to the HerStories Project anthology, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real About Motherhood.
She writes for Pittsburgh Parent Magazine and her work was awarded the Silver Award from the Parenting Media Association in 2017 and 2019. She won the 1st Place Prize for Nonfiction in the 2015, 2016 and 2019 Pennwriters Writing Contests. Her articles appear in publications nationwide, including skirt! Magazine, Bicycle Times Magazine, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. A popular speaker, she has conducted workshops in cities across the country and hosts ...more

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	The Memory of Cotton 4.28 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone Bad 4.47 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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
	Confessions of a Do-Gooder Gone Bad by Ann K. Howley (2014-07-28) by Ann K. Howley (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 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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