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Kat Heckenbach

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Kat Heckenbach grew up in the small town of Riverview, Florida, where she spent most of her time either drawing or sitting in her “reading tree” with her nose buried in a fantasy novel…except for the hours pretending her back yard was an enchanted forest that could only be reached through the secret passage in her closet… She never could give up on the idea that maybe she really was magic, mistakenly placed in a world not her own…but as the years passed, and no elves or fairies carted her away…she realized she was just going to have to create the life of her fantasies. She shares that life with her husband and two homeschooling kids.

Kat is a graduate of the University of Tampa, Magna Cum Laude, B.S. in Biology. She spent several years teach...more


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Sure seems everyone here had a copy at one time!Several years ago the housing market in Florida crashed. Well, it's kinda crashed everywhere, but I think we were hit particularly hard. I heard at one point the foreclosure rate was 70% in parts of the state here. I blame several things, including banks who are willing to loan people more money than they can pay ba... read more »
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Published on May 16, 2013 06:21 • 8 views
Average rating: 4.31 · 195 ratings · 68 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors
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Cheryl Landmark Thanks, Kat! That would be great.


message 6: by Kat

Kat Heckenbach Awesome, Cheryl, thank you! I noticed on your profile you have some books out, too :). I'll have to check them out!


Cheryl Landmark Thanks for the friend request, Kat. "Finding Angel" sounds very interesting and I've added it to my wish-list.


Kathryn Wow. There is such a wide world out there. Glad to see you mine. <3


message 3: by Ellen

Ellen Maze Well doggie! It's about time we made friends on Goodreads! LOL :-)


message 2: by Kat

Kat Heckenbach Guilty as charged! Haven't been on there much. It's been all I can do to keep up with my FB profile and my blog. Oh, and actually write ;).


Michelle I think it's cool that I'm one of your four special friends here. Now why haven't I seen you much on ECFL?


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