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Vicki Olsen

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in Monticello, Arkansas, The United States
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An Air Force brat who grew up in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Idaho and Germany, Vicki Olsen’s works explore themes of fate, faith and man’s inhumanity to man. Her stories about common people are rooted in a tradition of southern storytelling. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Economics from the University of Arkansas, she worked as an insurance adjuster, a corporate paralegal and owned an antiques and gifts shop in Dallas. Leaving her ex-husband and grown children in Texas, she now lives in Arkansas with ten goldfish and an array of African violets.
Her debut novel, A Sparrow Falls, is available on Amazon.
Look for her new book Le Devoir de Memoire - The Duty of Memory available on Amazon.
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The American Library in Paris Book Awards November 2025

Early in 2025 I learned that The Duty of Memory had been nominated for the American Library in Paris Book of the Year Award with the award ceremony scheduled for November 7. What a thrill! I couldn't miss this, the highlight of my writing career. I persuaded my sister-in-law, Lynnette Watts to accompany me on a trip to Paris to attend the ceremony. We arrived in Paris on November 6, and after chec

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