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  <name><![CDATA[Laurel-Rain Snow]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Laurel-Rain Snow is the pen name for Lorraine Frost Sandone, who was born in California's Central Valley, attending community college in Modesto, CA, after which she transferred to San Francisco State University in the sixties. She transferred again and graduated from California State University in Sacramento, with a BA in psychology. 

Ms. Snow moved to Fresno, CA, in the early seventies, where she then worked in the social work profession for over thirty years, specializing primarily in child welfare cases. She earned her MA in counseling from California State University of Fresno in the seventies. 

Ms. Snow, now retired from social work, lives in Fresno, CA, and is the mother of four grown children and proud grandmother of seven.

After retiring from the social work profession, Ms.Snow turned to an old dream—writing—and has published five novels, available on Amazon.com.
 
The author weaves three decades of experience into her novels, which sets them apart and lends authenticity to the characterizations.

]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Working with families in crisis for more than thirty years]]></influences>    <hometown>Turlock, California</hometown>  <born_at>10/25/1942</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Embrace the Whirlwind]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Miles to Go]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Web of Tyranny]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[An Accidental Life]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Chasing Stardust]]></title>
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