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  <name><![CDATA[Hallie Ephron]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Hallie is the author of &quot;The Bibliophile's Devotional&quot; and &quot;1001 Books for Every Mood.&quot; She also reviews crime fiction for the Boston Globe.
 
When Hallie was younger and starry-eyed and pregnant, Hallie fell in love with a Victorian house like the one in the novel. With Her standalone psychological suspense novel &lt;b&gt;Never Tell a Lie&lt;/b&gt; (1/09, Willliam Morrow, she gets to imagine what it would have been like if she and her husband hadn’t been overbid. 

Hallie's &lt;b&gt;Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'Em Dead with Style&lt;/b&gt; was nominated for Edgar and Anthony awards. She teaches writing at writing conferences.

Hallie lives near Boston with her husband and has two fabulous daughters. She is the third of four writing Ephron sisters and grew up in Southern California.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie, Patricia Highsmith]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Los Angeles</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Never Tell a Lie: A Novel of Suspense]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[1001 Books for Every Mood: A Bibliophile's Guide to Unwinding, Misbehaving, Forgiving, Celebrating, Commiserating]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hallie Ephron]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Writing &amp; Selling Your Mystery Novel: How To Knock 'Em Dead With Style]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[1001 Books for Every Mood]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Susan Stamberg]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bibliophile's Devotional: 365 Days of Literary Classics]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hallie Ephron]]></name>
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