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  <name><![CDATA[Melody Carlson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Melody Carlson is the award-winning author of over two hundred books, several of them Christmas novellas from Revell, including her much-loved and bestselling book, The Christmas Bus. She also writes many teen books, including the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, the TrueColors series, and the Carter House Girls series. Melody was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in the inspirational market for her books, including the Notes from a Spinning Planet series and Finding Alice, which is in production as a Lifetime Television movie. She and her husband serve on the Young Life adult committee in central Oregon.]]></about>    <gender>female</gender>        
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Becoming Me (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Dark Blue: Color Me Lonely]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[It's My Life (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin, Book 2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Name is Chloe (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Chloe, Book 1)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blade Silver: Color Me Scarred (TrueColors Series #7)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Finding Alice]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deep Green: Color Me Jealous (TrueColors Series #2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Torch Red: Color Me Torn (TrueColors Series #3)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Melody Carlson]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Who I Am (Diary of a Teenage Girl: Caitlin, Book 3)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Mile in My Flip-Flops: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Melody Carlson]]></name>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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