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Get ready to fall in love with the heartwarming humorous novels of Kathleen Baldwin, a Wall Street Journal, #1 Barnes & Noble, and Amazon bestselling author. Delighting readers around the globe, her stories have been translated into several languages, and more than 650,000 books sold worldwide. Baldwin's unique plots even captured the attention of a Japanese publisher who adapted her Regency Romance, LADY FIASCO, into a manga.

#1 USA Today bestselling author Meg Cabot raves that Kathleen’s A SCHOOL FOR UNUSUAL GIRLS is “completely original and totally engrossing.”
The New York Times Book Review called it “enticing from the first sentence.”

Kathleen’s love of adventure isn’t limited to her writing. She taught rock climbing in the Rockies, sur ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 15,851 ratings · 2,112 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 4,244 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Mistaken Kiss (My Notorious Aunt, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 2,834 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	Lady Fiasco (My Notorious Aunt, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 2,536 ratings — published 2004 — 9 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
	Cut from the Same Cloth (My Notorious Aunt, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2005 — 7 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
	Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 1,481 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Refuge for Masterminds (Stranje House, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 969 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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
	Harbor for the Nightingale (Stranje House, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 2019 — 4 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
	The Persuasion of Miss Kate (My Notorious Aunt #4) 4.09 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Diary of a Teenage Fairy Godmother by Kathleen Baldwin (Goodreads Author), Andrea Sisco 3.72 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Highwayman Came Waltzing 3.93 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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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Taadaaah! Sanctuary for Seers, the long-awaited 5th book in the Stranje House series, arrives June 15th!

You’ve sent me emails, posted messages on Goodreads, and messaged me on Facebook and Instagram asking,“when will Sera’s story be available?” You have waited patiently. Thank you!

Meanwhile, I struggled, both personally and as a writer. Sera’s story is so delicate and intricately woven that it pr

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7 FIGURE FICTION: How to Use Universal Fantasy to SELL Your Books to ANYONE

by T. Taylor

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“My job as a writer is simple. Write a book I’m proud of, and present it as a gift to the world.
Some will love it.
Some will hate it.
That’s the nature of art.”
― Kathleen Baldwin

tags: book-writing, write, writer-tips, writers, writers-life, writers-on-writing, writing, writing-advice, writing-life, writing-tip, writing-tips

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“And I learned all those many years ago to stop listening to what people said, and listen instead to what they mean. Some people speak with honey and intend to serve us poison. You, my lord, speak with thorns but yearn for cake.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, A School for Unusual Girls

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“Hatred and anger are not the opposites of love, Tess. They are backsides of the same playing cards. It is easier to flip hostile feelings over and find the love and forgiveness that have been hidden there all along, aching to be found, than it is to produce new feelings.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, Exile for Dreamers

tags: anger, hatred, love

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For those who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts, what school/camp is your second choice?

J.K. Rowling

Camp Half-Blood

Rick Riordan

985 votes, 29.6%

Screw school--I'm going to Narnia!

C.S. Lewis

400 votes, 12.0%

St. Vladimir's Academy

Richelle Mead

188 votes, 5.6%

Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women

Ally Carter

187 votes, 5.6%

Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare

138 votes, 4.1%

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani

130 votes, 3.9%

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Shannon Messenger

106 votes, 3.2%

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76 votes, 2.3%

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Joss Whedon

65 votes, 2.0%

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51 votes, 1.5%

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47 votes, 1.4%

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47 votes, 1.4%

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46 votes, 1.4%

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Stephanie Perkins

39 votes, 1.2%

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Orson Scott Card

37 votes, 1.1%

Ever After High

Shannon Hale

34 votes, 1.0%

Artime

Lisa McMann

33 votes, 1.0%

Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined

Charlie N. Holmberg

32 votes, 1.0%

Mythos Academy

Jennifer Estep

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Ursula K. Le Guin

30 votes, 0.9%

Spy School

Stuart Gibbs

26 votes, 0.8%

Bloor Academy

Jenny Nimmo

26 votes, 0.8%

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

24 votes, 0.7%

Lyle House

Kelley Armstrong

23 votes, 0.7%

Miss Cackle's Academy

Jill Murphy

23 votes, 0.7%

The Collegium

Mercedes Lackey

23 votes, 0.7%

Mount Olympus Academy

Joan Holub

22 votes, 0.7%

Master High School

Lisi Harrison

21 votes, 0.6%

Sword & Cross

Lauren Kate

21 votes, 0.6%

Ever After School

Shelby Bach

20 votes, 0.6%

Fairy Tale Reform School

Jen Calonita

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Libba Bray

16 votes, 0.5%

Bunson and Lacroix's Boys Polytechnique

Gail Carriger

14 votes, 0.4%

Larwood House

Diana Wynne Jones

14 votes, 0.4%

Princess School

Jane B. Mason

12 votes, 0.4%

Grimm Academy

Joan Holub

12 votes, 0.4%

Stranje House

Kathleen Baldwin

12 votes, 0.4%

Axis Institute for World Domination

Catherine Jinks

12 votes, 0.4%

Arkwell Academy

Mindee Arnett

11 votes, 0.3%

Great Rapscott School for the Daughters of Busy Parents

Elise Primavera

11 votes, 0.3%

The Academy

Tera Lynn Childs

10 votes, 0.3%

Avalon High

Meg Cabot

10 votes, 0.3%

Trident Academy

Debbie Dadey

10 votes, 0.3%

Dunwiddle Magic School

Sarah Mlynowski

10 votes, 0.3%

Dunhammond Conservatory

Adi Rule

9 votes, 0.3%

St. Sophia's

Chloe Neill

8 votes, 0.2%

Zetes Institute

L.J. Smith

8 votes, 0.2%

School of Fear

Gitty Daneshvari

7 votes, 0.2%

Animalgam Academy

Aimee Carter

7 votes, 0.2%

Wizard's Hall

Jane Yolen

6 votes, 0.2%

Academy for Monsters

Jennifer Finney Boylan

6 votes, 0.2%

The Academy of the Airs

Toby Bishop

6 votes, 0.2%

Evernight Academy

Claudia Gray

5 votes, 0.2%

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Caroline Stevermer

5 votes, 0.2%

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Nancy A. Collins

5 votes, 0.2%

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5 votes, 0.2%

Cragbridge Hall

Chad Morris

5 votes, 0.2%

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Elissa Sussman

5 votes, 0.2%

Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions

Sheila Grau

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Dan Krokos

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Kathleen’s Quotes

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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“Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.”
― Katerina Stoykova Klemer

tags: childhood, children, parents, relationships, writing

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: frost, glitter, gold, lost, poetry, roots, strength, strong, wander, wither

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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“Oh, I suppose they’re not exactly gone, those green boys. It’s rather like a sapling turning into a tree. Can’t scrape off the bark, and whittle it down until you find that sapling again, now can you? No, of course not. The sapling becomes an oak. Forever changed. The realities of that war will remain inside us through heaven or hell. Best try and face it, Ty. Running from it won’t help. You’ll never turn back into the innocent sapling you once were.” Robert lifted his glass and grinned. “My friend, we’ve become a pair of gnarled old trees.”
― Kathleen Baldwin, Lady Fiasco

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