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http://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomLorinaStephens

born

July 30, 1955 in Toronto, Canada

gender

female

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http://www.5rivers.org

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction, History

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Margaret Atwood, Charles de Lint, Thomas Hardy

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October 2008

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My career as a writer started in 1980, although I've always written. I've worked as editor, freelance journalist for national and regional print media, festival organizer, publicist, lecture about historical topics from textiles to domestic technologies, teach, and continue to work as a writer, artist and publisher.
You can visit me at: www.5ivers.org
My blog: http://5riversnews.blogspot.com
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Michell Plested talks about new novel, Mik Murdoch

Michell Plested has posted a wonderful, honest interview that was done with him for his forthcoming debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero.

Hope you'll listen to the podcast and be as informed as delighted as we were.

Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero releases August 1, 2012, and launches at When Words Collide.

The novel is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Five Rivers and com... read more »

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Books by Lorina Stephens

Average rating: 3.81 · 107 ratings · 69 reviews · 7 distinct works

	And the Angels Sang 3.53 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Shadow Song 3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	From Mountains of Ice 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Stonehouse Cooks 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Memories, Mother and a Christmas Addiction 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Recipes of a Dumb Housewife 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Touring the Giant's Rib: A Guidebook to the Niagara Excarpment 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8)

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Lorina Stephens wrote a new blog post: Michell Plested talks about new novel, Mik Murdoch Michell Plested talks about new novel, Mik Murdoch Michell Plested has posted a wonderful, honest interview that was done with him for his forthcoming debut YA novel, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero. Hope... read more »
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Lorina Stephens recommended Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero to Nadine Earnshaw Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero by Michell Plested	My rating:
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Lorina Stephens gave to: The Enchantress Of Florence: A Novel by Salman Rushdie read in May, 2012	My rating:
The publisher's blurb for The Enchantress of Florence does credit to the surface plot of the story. However, to read a Rushdie novel is all about depths, dimensions -- mirrors, if you will. And it is mirrors this novel addresses, from the handmaiden...more
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Lorina Stephens gave to: Enter, Night by Michael Rowe read in May, 2012	My rating:
There is much to be said for Michael Rowe’s novel, Enter, Night. It is a refreshingly traditional vampire story. No eco-friendly, glittering, James Dean vampires here. Rowe harks back to Bram Stoker’s original vampire incarnation, which in turn borro...more
May 02, 2012 12:24pm · see review
Lorina Stephens gave to: Pyramids (Discworld, #7) by Terry Pratchett read in April, 2012	My rating:
Must say I'm enjoying the journey through Terry Pratchett's witty, weird mind. An almost entirely new cast of characters in this installment of Discworld, very human, ordinary folk who are thrown into extraordinary situations. The result is a funny,...more
Apr 23, 2012 08:00am · see review

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