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  <name><![CDATA[Ellen Graf]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[AUTHOR BIO:  Ellen Graf writes out of rural upstate New York where she lives with her husband Zhong-hua Lu. Her first book, The Natural Laws of Good Luck: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage, is scheduled for release by Shambhala publications on August 11, 2009. The book has been selected for Barnes and Noble’s Discover New Authors promotion, Border’s Original Voices program, and is an Indie Next List Notable pick for September 09. A  graduate of Bennington Writing Seminars in Non-fiction, Ellen is a Ludwig Volgelstein  grant  for writing and a recipient of the 2009 NYFA Fellowship in Non-fiction.


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  <title><![CDATA[The Natural Laws of Good Luck: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage]]></title>
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