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P.L. Gaus

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Athens, Ohio, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.plgaus.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Paul L. Gaus was born in Athens, Ohio, in 1949, and he has lived in Ohio for most of his life. He has lived in Wooster, Ohio, for the past 33 years with his wife Madonna. Paul’s extensive knowledge of the culture and lifestyle of the Ohio Amish comes from over thirty years of travel throughout Holmes and surrounding counties in Ohio, where the world’s largest Amish and Mennonite population sprawls out over the countryside near Millersburg, Wooster, and Sugarcreek.

Paul took an interest in writing fiction in 1993, and with the advice and encouragement of author Tony Hillerman, he began writing mystery novels set among the Amish in Holmes County, Ohio.

Paul retired recently as the Benjamin S. Brown Professor of Chemistry at The College of Woo...more

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Books by P.L. Gaus

Average rating: 3.42 · 711 ratings · 159 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Blood of the Prodigal (Ohio Amish Mystery, #1) 3.29 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Broken English (Ohio Amish Mystery, #2) 3.47 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Clouds Without Rain (Ohio Amish Mystery, #3) 3.46 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Prayer for the Night (Ohio Amish Mystery, #5) 3.78 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Separate from the World (Ohio Amish Mystery, #6) 3.29 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Cast A Blue Shadow (Ohio Amish Mystery, #4) 3.55 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Harmless as Doves (Ohio Amish Mystery, #7) 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Separate from the World (Ohio Amish Mystery, #6) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Amish stories 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Amish stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Series by P.L. Gaus

Ohio Amish Mystery (7 books)
by P.L. Gaus

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