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  <name><![CDATA[Michelle Richmond]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Explore San Francisco in my &lt;a href=&quot;http://michellerichmond.com/interactive-san-francisco-map-year-of-fog/&quot;&gt;interactive YEAR OF FOG map.&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/michrichmond&quot;&gt;Follow me on Twitter.&lt;/a&gt;

Michelle Richmond is the author NO ONE YOU KNOW, the New York Times bestseller THE YEAR OF FOG, the award-winning story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress, and the novel Dream of the Blue Room. 

Her stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, Playboy, The Missouri Review, The Kenyon Review, Oxford American, and elsewhere. Her books have been translated into nine languages. The Year of Fog is currently in development with Newmarket Films.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle makes her home in San Francisco, where  she publishes the blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.michellerichmond.com/sanserif&quot;&gt;Sans Serif.&lt;/a&gt;

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  <title><![CDATA[Dream of the Blue Room: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress: Stories]]></title>
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