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  <name><![CDATA[Holly Payne]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;b&gt;Holly Payne&lt;/b&gt; is a screenwriter, novelist and triathlete living in San Francisco where she teaches screenwriting and creative writing at the Academy of Art College. She has a BA in journalism and an MFA from the Master of Professional Writing Program at USC. She has lived and worked in London, Hungary and Turkey. &lt;i&gt;Booklist&lt;/i&gt; called her first novel, &lt;i&gt;The Virgin's Knot&lt;/i&gt;, &quot;a beautifully written and evocative fable. . . . An entrancing blend of myth, history, and religious feminism that results in a tale as compelling as it is elusive.&quot;

Payne has traveled extensively throughout Turkey and Croatia and lived in southern Hungary for a year, where much of her second novel, &lt;i&gt;The Sound of Blue&lt;/i&gt; takes place.

Author photo copyright Stephanie Mohan ]]></about>            
  
  
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