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  <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn is a novelist living in rural Hampshire in the UK with her partner, cats and vegetable patch. 

Her current novel &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fionarobyn.com/thebluehandbag.htm&quot;&gt;The Blue Handbag&lt;/a&gt; is available now - for £4.78 from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Handbag-Fiona-Robyn/dp/1905005997/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1247732645&amp;sr=8-5&quot;&gt;Amazon UK&lt;/a&gt; or with free worldwide delivery from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781905005994/The-Blue-Handbag=fionarobyn&quot;&gt;The Book Depository&lt;/a&gt;. Her previous novel is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fionarobyn.com/theletters.htm&quot;&gt;The Letters&lt;/a&gt;.

Her next novel &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fionarobyn.com/thaw.htm&quot;&gt;Thaw&lt;/a&gt; will be available to read online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://read-thaw.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;Read Thaw&lt;/a&gt; from the 1st of March next year - if you're a blogger and you'd like to help out, find out about my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fionarobyn.com/thawblogsplash.htm&quot;&gt;Blogsplash&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/1571-thaw&quot;&gt;Enter the Goodreads competition&lt;/a&gt; to win a free copy.

She writes about her life as a gardener of words at her &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plantingwords.com&quot;&gt;Planting Words&lt;/a&gt; blog, and posts a daily &lt;i&gt;small stone&lt;/i&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asmallstone.com&quot;&gt;a small stone&lt;/a&gt;.

She collects other people's &lt;i&gt;small stones &lt;/i&gt;at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ahandfulofstones.com&quot;&gt;a handful of stones&lt;/a&gt; and submissions are always welcome.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore, Richard Ford, John Irving, Joshua Ferris, Annie Dillard, Gretel Ehrlich, Michael Kimball]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Redhill</hometown>  <born_at>10/08/1974</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Letters]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.07</average_rating>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Blue Handbag]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>11</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[small stones: a year of moments]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Living Things]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thaw]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Start Here]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Year Of Questions: How to Slow Down and Fall in Love with Life, A]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fiona Robyn]]></name>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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