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Aurelia is the winner of a number of writing awards, including the Writer's Digest Grand Prize. (She also won ninth grade history and science prizes, an accomplishment that went immediately to her head.)

Aurelia speaks frequently on writing and the natural world. She also serves as Vice President of the Board of Portland Trails, a local urban land trust, and as a Master Gardener."]]> 222539 1565124642 9781565124646 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172848944m/222539.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172848944s/222539.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222539.Otherwise_Normal_People_Inside_the_Thorny_World_of_Competitive_Rose_Gardening 2.75 16
Aurelia Scott trails these self-professed Roseaholics as they plan, prepare, and compete, battling high winds, Japanese beetles, and the finicky demands of their precious charges. With all the appeal of Word Freak, Otherwise Normal People celebrates the singular satisfaction of cultivating beauty—and, of course, the thrill of victory.]]> 130213 2.75 16 8 2007