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Laura Joh Rowland

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Laura Joh Rowland


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Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, Mickey Spillane, Ross McDonald


Granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, Laura Joh Rowland grew up in Michigan and where she graduated with a B.S. in microbiology and a Master of Public Health at the University of Michigan. She currently lives in New Orleans with her husband. She has worked as a chemist, microbiologist, sanitary inspector and quality engineer.

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3.90 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 2002 — 18 editions
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“Let hunger sharpen your awareness. Abstain liquor and frivolous recreation, which dull the mind and weaken the body.”
Laura Joh Rowland, The Concubine's Tattoo

“She needed someone to worship; he needed slavish devotion. They became inseparable companions.”
Laura Joh Rowland, The Concubine's Tattoo

“Devils out! Fortune in!” they chanted. Bedding aired”
Laura Joh Rowland, Shinju



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