Jo-Ann Mapson

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Jo-Ann Mapson, a third generation Californian, grew up in Fullerton as a middle child with four siblings. She dropped out of college to marry, but later finished a creative writing degree at California State University, Long Beach. Following her son's birth in 1978, Mapson worked an assortment of odd jobs teaching horseback riding, cleaning houses, typing resumes, and working retail. After earning a graduate degree from Vermont College's low residency program, she taught at Orange Coast College for six years before turning to full-time writing in 1996. Mapson is the author of the acclaimed novels Shadow Ranch, Blue Rodeo, Hank Chloe, and Loving Chloe."The land is as much a character as the people," Mapson has said. Whether writing about the...more

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Books by Jo-Ann Mapson

Average rating: 3.63 · 2,855 ratings · 441 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Owl & Moon Cafe: A Novel 3.46 avg rating — 694 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Solomon's Oak 3.71 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Bad Girl Creek 3.69 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hank & Chloe 3.71 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Blue Rodeo 3.74 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Along Came Mary: A Bad Girl Creek Novel 3.64 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Loving Chloe: A Novel 3.71 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1998 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Goodbye, Earl: A Bad Girl Creek Novel 3.63 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Wilder Sisters: A Novel 3.57 avg rating — 161 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Shadow Ranch: A Novel 3.53 avg rating — 107 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:

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Bad Girl Creek (3 books)
by Jo-Ann Mapson

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Chloe (2 books)
by Jo-Ann Mapson

3.71 avg rating — 455 ratings

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“Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.”
― Jo-Ann Mapson, Solomon's Oak

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“It’s my belief that animals can help a human being travel to the wounds of childhood. The best part is, once you go there, you can fix things. Get on with life.”
― Jo-Ann Mapson, Solomon's Oak

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“A willingness to lose one's self in a story was the first step to learning compassion, to appreciating other cultures, to realizing what possibilities the world held for people who kept at life despite the odds.”
― Jo-Ann Mapson, Solomon's Oak

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