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Carolyn Haines

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in Hattiesburg, MS, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Horror

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Carolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of over 70 books. In 2020, she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Library Association, the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the "Best Amateur Sleuth" award by Romantic Times. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of.
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Average rating: 4.0 · 69,914 ratings · 5,884 reviews · 99 distinct works • Similar authors

	Them Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 5,679 ratings — published 1999 — 14 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
	Buried Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 3,171 ratings — published 2000 — 10 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
	Splintered Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 2,694 ratings — published 2002 — 14 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
	Crossed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 2,655 ratings — published 2003 — 26 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
	Bones To Pick (Sarah Booth Delaney, #6) 4.09 avg rating — 2,533 ratings — published 2006 — 15 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
	Hallowed Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #5) 4.12 avg rating — 2,500 ratings — published 2004 — 25 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
	Ham Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #7) 4.01 avg rating — 2,280 ratings — published 2007 — 13 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
	Greedy Bones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #9) 4.07 avg rating — 2,047 ratings — published 2009 — 15 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
	Wishbones (Sarah Booth Delaney, #8) 3.99 avg rating — 1,996 ratings — published 2008 — 15 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
	Bone Appetit (Sarah Booth Delaney, #10) 4.05 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 2010 — 11 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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Halloween is my favorite holiday. I grew up in a time when rolling yards with toilet paper was considered “kids being kids.” I’m sure the teachers and community leaders who ended up with trees and shrubs draped with TP weren’t thrilled, but they were not trolls. They endured the annual holiday with good grace and grins. It was once a year and everyone survived it without dire conseque

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Carolyn Haines made a comment on The Decade Birthday " Thank you, Ellen. Wish you could have been here too! "
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Carolyn Haines and 7 other people liked Michelle's review of Penumbra: "I don't particularly like thrillers, I don't even like mysteries because they are all normally written the same. This, however knocked my socks off. Where has Carolyn Haines been all my life? I am just blown away by her writing. She took something so" Read more of this review »
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Carolyn Haines and 4 other people liked Stephanie's review of Penumbra: "Haines explores the themes of racism, greed, depravity and family bonds all in a small Southern town. Though the writing is top notch in Penumbra there is no "happy ever after" to be found within its pages. Instead you'll find a book rich with descri" Read more of this review »
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Carolyn Haines and 2 other people liked Sharron's review of Penumbra: "Enjoyed is not the right word for my feelings about this book as the theme is disturbingly real and troublesome. Though set in the period after World War 11 and in an atmosphere of racial turmoil, there were many instances where I was reminded of sit" Read more of this review »
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Carolyn Haines rated a book it was amazing Every Cloak Rolled in Blood (Holland Family Saga, #4) by James Lee Burke	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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“Forest Gump had it wrong. Life is not a box of chocolate; it's a kaleidoscope. In the flip of a wrist, realities are shredded and the world takes on a totally new shape.”
― Carolyn Haines, Them Bones

tags: life

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“If I could have been a cowgirl, I might have never written a word.”
― Carolyn Haines

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“Everyone who loves risks losing their heart every minute of every day.”
― Carolyn Haines, Bones To Pick

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“If I could have been a cowgirl, I might have never written a word.”
― Carolyn Haines

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“Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch”
― Janet Evanovich, Seven Up

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