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Zahra Owens

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http://www.goodreads.com/zahraowens

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February 15, 1969 in Antwerpen, Belgium

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Romance, Gay & Lesbian, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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ZAHRA OWENS was born in Europe just before Woodstock and the moon landing and was given a much less pronounceable name by her non-English-speaking parents.
Being an Aquarian meant she would never quite conform, and people learned to expect the unexpected. She started writing fairy tales in first grade; the same year she came into contact with her first group of English-speaking friends, a group which would eventually grow to include people from all over the world.
On the outside she was a typical only child, accustomed to being with adults most of the time. On the inside, she sought ways to channel her wild imagination.
During the daytime she earns a living as a computer software analyst, but it's
her former career as an intensive care nurse t...more

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International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO)

Fresh (sort of) from Pride weekend in Belgium comes this post for the Hop Against Homophobia.

I consider myself pretty lucky to live in a country where marriage was opened up to people of the same sex without fuss in 2003. Since 2006 adoption by gay couples was also agreed upon, simply by striking out the few words in the law that stated that both adoptees needed to be of a different sex.

Did i...

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Books by Zahra Owens

Average rating: 3.72 · 2,182 ratings · 346 reviews · 31 distinct works

	Clouds and Rain 3.58 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Diplomacy 3.56 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Earth and Sky 3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Facade 3.17 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	You Can't Choose Your Family 3.72 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Charity Starts at Home 3.54 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Trust 4.00 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Balance 3.00 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Santa's Littlest Helper 3.79 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	You Can Choose Your Friends 3.61 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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The Wranglers (3 books)
by Zahra Owens (Goodreads Author)

3.64 avg rating — 450 ratings

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“A water birth was all she could think about apart from getting away from her husband, Mackay, the knight in shining armour who had proved to be a metal-plated misogynist.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Body of Water

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