Deborah Wiles





Deborah Wiles

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Deborah Wiles was born in Alabama and spent her summers in a small Mississippi town with an extended family. She writes about them and they live on in her stories.

She has an MFA in Writing from Vermont College and taught at Towson University in Maryland, Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Vermont College.

Deborah has written three novels about growing up in the south. They are known as the Aurora County Trilogy: Love, Ruby Lavender, Each Little Bird That Sings, The Aurora County All-Stars.



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A girl steps away from the world and into her story for a few minutes and what happens? Blogger updates. gaaaaaaaa. Let's see if I can figure it out.

May was a pushing-forward month for writing and traveling. And for reading, which you'll see in the sidebar. I want to talk about what I'm reading, but first I want to say thank you.

Thanks to everyone, especially librarian Cathy Farrell and the

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Published on May 30, 2012 08:00
Average rating: 4.03 · 6,583 ratings · 1,574 reviews · 9 distinct works
Countdown
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,245 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
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Each Little Bird That Sings
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 2,182 ratings7 editions
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Love, Ruby Lavender
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,323 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions
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The Aurora County All-Stars
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 473 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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Freedom Summer
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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Each Little Bird That Sings
4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2005
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Countdown
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Hang the Moon
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“The secret to not being afraid is to understand what scares you”
Deborah Wiles, Countdown

“There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And it's up to you to decide how you're going to approach the world...how you're going to live in it, and what you're going to do."

—Jo Ellen Chapman”
Deborah Wiles, Countdown

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