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Susan Meissner

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http://www.goodreads.com/Sooz

born

January 09, 1961 in San Diego, CA, The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.susanmeissner.com/

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genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality

influences

C.S. Lewis, John Steinbeck, Kate Morton, Barbara Kingsolver, Anita Shr ...more

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December 2007

About this author

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Susan Meissner was born in San Diego, California, the second of three. She spent her childhood in just two houses.
Her first writings are a laughable collection of oddly worded poems and predictable stories she wrote when she was eight.

She attended Point Loma College in San Diego, and married her husband, Bob, who is now an associate pastor and a chaplain in the Air Force Reserves, in 1980. When she is not working on a new novel, she is directing the small groups ministries at The Church at Rancho Bernardo. She also enjoy teaching workshops on writing and dream-following, spending time with my family, music, reading great books, and traveling.

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Books by Susan Meissner

Average rating: 3.82 · 2,976 ratings · 901 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Shape of Mercy 3.95 avg rating — 1,153 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Lady in Waiting 3.91 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Sound Among the Trees 3.70 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Blue Heart Blessed 3.69 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	White Picket Fences 3.53 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Window to the World 3.99 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Why the Sky Is Blue 4.10 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	A Seahorse in the Thames 3.74 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Widows & Orphans (Rachael Flynn, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 109 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	In All Deep Places 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2006	My rating:

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Rachael Flynn (3 books)
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Quotes by Susan Meissner

“I used to think mercy meant showing kindness to someone who didn't deserve it, as if only the recipient defined the act. The girl in between has learned that mercy is defined by its giver. Our flaws are obvious, yet we are loved and able t love, if we choose, because there is that bit of the divine still smoldering in us.”
― Susan Meissner, The Shape of Mercy

tags: faith , mercy

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“When you only do what is expected of you, you never learn what you would've done had you chosen for yourself.”
― Susan Meissner, The Shape of Mercy

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“You shouldn't imagine things that you haven't a shred of proof happened...”
― Susan Meissner

tags: wisdom

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