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  <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">21</fans-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[As far as writing is concerned, I call myself the poster child for persistence. Songs of Power, the first novel I sold, was the 5th novel I'd written. When it sold I was working on novel #13. The next to sell, Navohar, was #12, and the next, A Matter of Profit, was #9. The Goblin Wood was #6, and the first Sorahb book, Flame (later renamed Farsala: Fall of a Kingdom), will be #15. You get the picture.

Biography: My personal life?  I was born in Denver in 1958—you can do the math. I'm single and live with my mother, brother and sister-in-law.  I used to be a part time reference librarian for a mid-sized public library, but in the beginning of ’05 I achieved a writer’s dream and quit the day job.  Librarian turned writer is a very schizophrenic state—when I try to urge people to buy my books, I have to beat down a lifetime of professional reflexes demanding that I tell them to check them out at the library instead.

I enjoy board gaming and fantasy gaming, both table top and live. But my favorite thing to do is the decadent version of camping my mom and I practice. We have a pop-up trailer with a fridge, a sink, a stove and (if electrical hookups are available) a space heater, heating pads and a toaster. Our motto is &quot;No unnecessary work.&quot; We don't cook, we don't wash dishes, we don't...you name it. What we do is spend all day, every day, reading and hiking and reading some more. Camping is the only time I can get in enough reading. Well, I take that back—when it comes to reading, there's no such thing as enough.]]></about>            
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Goblin Wood]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>366</ratings_count>
  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fall of a Kingdom (Farsala Trilogy, Book 1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rise of a Hero (Farsala Trilogy, Book 2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.12</average_rating>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Forging the Sword (Farsala Trilogy, Book 3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.15</average_rating>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Last Knight]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>159</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Wizard Test]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.39</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>134</ratings_count>
  <published>2005</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Shield of Stars (Shield, Sword, and Crown, book 1)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>111</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Rogue's Home]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sword of Waters (The Shield, Sword, and Crown, book 2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>69</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <id>399916</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Prophecy]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Hilari Bell]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.41</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>75</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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