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  <name><![CDATA[Allison Johnson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I love words and sentences. Since the days of See Spot Run I've been a reader, which led to my love of writing. My father was a screenwriter who showed me how to work hard and never give up. I live in Southern California, near our beautiful deserts that feed my soul and my writing. Check out my blog: http://edgeofthemirage.blogspot.com/    

My essay, &quot;Taming Miss Jazzy,&quot; about how our family adopted a shelter kitten who has been a handful to raise, is part of the anthology &lt;I&gt;Cup of Comfort for Cat Lovers&lt;/I&gt;. I've written articles and essays for several publications including &lt;I&gt;desertusa.com&lt;/I&gt; and the &lt;I&gt;Los Angeles Times Magazine&lt;/I&gt;. A selection of my short stories were performed at The New Short Fiction Series in Los Angeles. My story, &quot;The Winter Season,&quot; placed me as a finalist for the &lt;I&gt;Glimmer Train&lt;/I&gt; Very Short Fiction Award. I've also won a scholarship to the Backspace Writers Conference.   ]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Many including my dad, Herman Groves; my mom, Marlene; Shakespeare; Fitzgerald; Harper Lee; Raymond Carver; Judith Guest; Kent Haruf; Barbara DeMarco Barrett; Sister Lorena, my third grade teacher ]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities from the Very Start]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cup of Comfort for Cat Lovers: Stories That Celebrate Our Feline Friends]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Way Home]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child¬s Natural Abilities -- From the Very Start]]></title>
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