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  <name><![CDATA[Noelle Sickels]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[A resident of Los Angeles, Noelle Sickels grew up in northern New Jersey, the locale of   The Medium   (available from Five Star Publishing),  a tale set against a backdrop of home front sacrifices and romances during World War II and featuring a dynamic young heroine who must come to grips with her exceptional ability to foresee the future. Although The Medium is Sickels' third historical novel, she never set out to be a historical novelist. In each case, she was seduced by the germ of a compelling story that refused translation into a contemporary setting. Her fate was sealed when she became irretrievably fascinated by the intricate ways in which large historical events play out in the individual lives of ordinary people. Sickels holds degrees in sociology and in elementary education. She has been a teacher in many milieus, none of them a traditional classroom. Her students have included migrant workers, emotionally disturbed adolescents, pregnant women, senior citizens, and pre-schoolers and their parents. Her previous novels include the critically-acclaimed    Walking West and    The Shopkeeper's Wife.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Medium]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Walking West]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Noelle Sickels]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Shopkeeper's Wife]]></title>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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