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Nora E. Coon

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in Portland, The United States

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Nonfiction, Young Adult

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Nora’s writing career began at the age of six with her first novel, a twelve-page epic horse story. After brief flirtations with poetry and short stories, she discovered the lucrative world of nonfiction and successfully ignored high school by selling three books to small publishing houses. She found herself lured back to novel-writing as a high school senior, completing a variety of appallingly bad novels before finding one worthy of endless revision. Like most native Portlanders, she is a caffeine junkie, enjoys improvisational cooking, and fears the sun.

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My long-neglected critique partner reminded me that April is a Camp NaNoWriMo month. Given how little I've been writing lately, I went "Welp, okay!" and signed up on March 31.As of today (day 3), I've written 1324 words. But I wrote them all today, and they're halfway decent words, and it felt nice to be writing again.

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	The Diabetes Game: A Teenager's Guide to Living Well with Diabetes 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teen Dream Jobs: How to Find the Job You Really Want Now! 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements

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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation

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