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Jo Anne Cassity

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http://www.goodreads.com/Tjdogs4

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The United States

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female

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Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Humor

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My mother, who was never without a book. She gave me a love for the wr...more

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July 2011

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I am also the author of Blue Ribbon, written under the pen name of Jessie Gray.

The memories of my childhood are sharp and clear. I came from an impoverished family of seven. When you have very little, the library can become the source of joy and adventure. As a child, we never lived anywhere longer than two years, but I always found the local library or haunted the book mobiles that came to our schools.

I told my mother I would one day write a book. Unfortunately, she died when I was 25. I went to college as a young adult, and published my first book through Putnan/Penquin/Berkley when I was 31. I am so thankful for my childhood. It taught me the value of so many things. These books I write, Mom, are for you!

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Jo Anne Cassity's Blog

Thank You goodreads!

What a wonderful site, not only for an author, but more importantly for those of us who are avid readers! If I read less, I'd write more. :-)

I feel blessed to have published back in the 90s, but dissapointed in myself that I have not actively tried to publish since turning down my last contract.

Life got in the way, as it does. I am trying to complete another work now, and although I'm not a fa... read more »

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Books by Jo Anne Cassity

Average rating: 3.58 · 31 ratings · 1 review · 6 distinct works

	Courting Season 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Tender Wishes 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	My rating:
	Holding Hands 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Lover's Cove 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	My rating:
	Harvest Hearts by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Paisley, Jo Anne Cassity (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	The Quilting Circle by Jennifer Blake (Goodreads Author), Jo Anne Cassity (Goodreads Author), Linda Shertzer 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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