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Mary Sharratt
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born
November 13, 1964
in Minneapolis, The United States
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August 2012 commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials in which nine people from the Pendle region in Lancashire, England were hanged as witches based on the testimony of a nine-year-old girl. Mother Demdike, the most notorious of the accused witches, died in Lancaster Prison before she could even come to trial. She is the heroine of my novel Daughters of the Witching Hill .... read more »
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Daughters of the Witching Hill
   3.64 avg rating — 963 ratings
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2010
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The Vanishing Point
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2006
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The Real Minerva
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2004
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Summit Avenue
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2000
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Bitch Lit
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2006
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Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen
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2012
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The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) , Elizabeth Engstrom (Goodreads Author) , Kelly Link 3.90 avg rating — 138 ratings
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Daughters of the Witching Hill (Literature & Fiction)
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A powerful fictional account of a family caught in the Pendle witch-hunt of 1612.
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Mary Sharratt
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made a comment on The Pendle Witches and Their Magic, Part 1:
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made a comment on All Hallows Eve in Old Lancashire:
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October 01, 2011 07:00AM
location: Online, The United States description: [image] Let's kick off autumn in style, starting October 1st! This month we'll be joined by authors Stefan Petrucha, Evelyn Lafont, Felicity Heaton, Katie MacAllister, Jennifer Harlow, Bronwyn Green, Lucy Felthouse, Rachel Firasek, Michele Hauf, Roxanne Rhoads, Mary Sharratt, M. E. Patterson, Lisa Kessler, Natalie J. Damschroder, Christina Henry and Mayra Calvani … Not to mention, amazing fellow bloggers such as Danielle from Romance Junkies, Eleni from La Femme Readers, Rachel from A Fair Substit...more Mary said: Thanks so much for doing this, Teresa! |
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"As a First Century Gaul, I am appalled. Simply appalled.
Just kidding. I loved Mistress of Rome. :D Great article and it was so nice meeting you at the...more " |
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“I am the serpent that devours her own tail--her own tale. If you tell a tale well enough, it becomes a path to follow. I shed my skin and begin again.”
― Mary Sharratt, Summit Avenue
― Mary Sharratt, Summit Avenue
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“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
― Erica Jong
― Erica Jong
“I am the serpent that devours her own tail--her own tale. If you tell a tale well enough, it becomes a path to follow. I shed my skin and begin again.”
― Mary Sharratt, Summit Avenue
― Mary Sharratt, Summit Avenue
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