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Shawn L. Bird

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Shawn is an author and high school teacher living in the beautiful Shuswap Lake region of British Columbia, Canada with her brilliant, musical husband. She is a former exchange student and a proud member of Rotary, and so she is out to change the world in many ways. Shawn osaa puhua Suomen kieli. Shawn peut parler français.

Come explore with her through blog, Twitter, Pinterest, or Facebook. Shawn is always working on a variety of projects including short stories, novellas, and novels. Of course, during the school year there are students, reading, and marking. There are still dreams and there is still poetry.

Always poetry.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 103 ratings · 44 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Murdering Mr. Edwards: Tales from Canterbury High 4.30 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Awakening Dreams 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Awakening Dreams and Power 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grace Awakening Power 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Shifts: Short Stories of Fantastical Transformation by Shawn L. Bird (Goodreads Author), Chris McMahen, Finnian Burnett (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2011 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nikki Knox and Her Shoes That Rock (Nikki Knox #1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	123 Prompts for Poets Novelists 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back at You 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Following an excellent flash workshop with Finnian Burnett at Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, Lintusen Press has been inspired to put out a submission call for an anthology of LIST STORIES, closing in the fall. Watch for it at LintusenPress.ca/submissions, but in the meantime, here’s an excellent post from Kathleen Jennings about how to […] Read more of this blog post »

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“You are the common denominator in all your life experience. (Book 2- Awakening Power)”
― Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

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“Good characters make you feel like you have new friends, don’t they? You have to re-read the books just to visit with them again. Grace Awakening. Book one: Awakening Dreams”
― Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

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“Like ancient honey, a first love remains ever incorruptible despite the passage of time. Though the boy may no longer exist, the memory of him is always pure and sweet. (Book 2, Awakening Power)”
― Shawn L. Bird, Awakening Dreams

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Shawn’s Quotes

“I am Switzerland. I refuse to be affected by territorial disputes between mythical creatures.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell