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Fleur Philips holds a Master's Degree in Fine Arts from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Montana. She also attended the University of Oregon in Eugene where she was awarded placement in the Kidd Tutorial Creative Writing Program. Her debut novel, I Am Lucky Bird, was selected as a general fiction finalist for the 2011 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. Her second novel, Crumble, is the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival Winner for YA Fiction. She lives in Upland, California with her son and their Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix named Rocky.


In the past 48 hours, my new novel CRUMBLE (the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival Winner for YA Fiction) has received a couple of negative reviews. And I anticipate based on the subject matter that it will receive many more. As a writer, I welcome all reviews–positive and negative. The contrast between the two sparks debate, and debate leads to interest. However, I have a feeling these negative...

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Average rating: 4.04 · 46 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
I Am Lucky Bird
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011
Crumble
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013
I Am Lucky Bird
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012

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Lucky Bird was a character that you wanted to see come out from under a bad situation, but the negative events just kept happening to her. From an early age, she had to fend for herself surrounded by... " Read more of this review »
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Thanks, Marco!!


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Marco Just posted on your blog, Fleur. Best of luck. Feel free to stop by my site sometime. http://www.theskyinsideyou.com


Stacey Benefiel Hi! Thanks for the friendship. Looks like we overlapped at U of O. I was there from 1993-1997. I wonder if we ever had any classes together? :)


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