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Jeri Walker-Bickett

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Jeri Walker-Bickett (@JeriWB) is an author, editor, and teacher. She primarily writes contemporary literary fiction and psychological suspense. Such is Life, her short story collection, is now available. Her forthcoming novel, Lost Girl Road, is a ghost story set in the woods of northwest Montana. She blogs about literature and writing on her twisted book blog: What do I know? Please connect with her at JeriWB.com.

Despite growing up in the rough Idaho mining town of Wallace, she earned multiple writing degrees, and became a devoted English teacher who has since left the classroom to pursue writing and editing full time. Food and travel continually inspire her creativity and love of photography. In addition, she dabbles in creative nonfictio...more


Coming of Age in The Round House On many levels, it’s easy to see why Louise Erdrich’s novel The Round House won the 2012 National Book Award. One reviewer has likened it to being the Native American To Kill a … Continue reading →

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Published on May 20, 2013 04:00
Average rating: 4.75 · 16 ratings · 9 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
Such is Life
4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013
Popular Poe Stories in Plai...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012
The Vacation Vaccination
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012

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description: On a hot summer day in Central Florida, a young man discovers a bloodied body in a field behind the repair shop where he works. Grisly and twisted, the body leaves few clues as to the offender, some questioning if such a horrible end could actually come at the hands of another. The young, struggling writer with the crummy landscaping job who found the body never expected what his find would lead to, nor the friendship he would develop with the fellow writer and crypto-zoologist interested in the...more
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The Round House by Louise Erdrich
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich
read in May, 2013
As a 2012 National Book Award winner, this book is not without merit. It's an intriguing coming of age story, and I can see why it has been compared to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in terms of its thematic elements. However, I found the pacing...more
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Black Sea Gods by Brian Braden
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Captain of our fairy band,
Helena is here at hand,
And the youth, mistook by me,
Pleading for a lover's fee.
Shall we their fond pageant see?
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
William Shakespeare
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Such is Life by Jeri Walker-Bickett
" This book of short stories reveals the naked truth about impulsive choices and every day struggles. I love these stories because they expose how we feel, the spontaneous things we do, and sometimes, the regret that follows but we keep moving on. P... " Read more of this review »
POED by Candy Korman
" I don't like rating books, so before I continue with my review I'd like to explain that I only gave POED 4 stars instead of 5 because I don't like horror. However if there must be horror then it must be done well, and POED is done well, too well f... " Read more of this review »
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Andrew Weaver Thanks for accepting my friend request Jeri


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Jeri Walker-Bickett That's impressive number of books on your shelf. We have five titles in common. Happy Fourth of July!


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