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Carolyn Cohagan began her writing career on the stage. She has performed stand-up and one-woman shows at festivals around the world from Adelaide to Edinburgh. Her first novel, The Lost Children (Simon & Schuster, 2010) is a middle grade fantasy which became part of the Scholastic Bookclub and was nominated for a Massachusetts Children’s Book Award. The first book in her YA trilogy, Time Zero (She Writes Press, 2016), won eight literary honors, including the 2017 Readers Favorite Award and the 2017 International Book Award. In 2020, she and her mother, painter Lynn Cohagan, collaborated on the Creative Writing Journal: Clever Prompts for Clever Children. Carolyn is the founder of Girls With Pens, a creative writing organization in Austin de ...more

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	The Lost Children 4.14 avg rating — 1,432 ratings — published 2010 — 12 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
	Time Zero 4.03 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Time Next (The Time Zero Trilogy #2) 4.07 avg rating — 480 ratings — 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
	Time's Up (The Time Zero Trilogy Book 3) 4.23 avg rating — 384 ratings — 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 Time Zero Trilogy Box Set: Books 1-3 4.54 avg rating — 57 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
	Ida and the Unfinished City (The Lost Children Book 2) 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — 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
	Creative Writing Journal: Clever Prompts for Clever Children by Carolyn Cohagan (Goodreads Author), Lynn Cohagan (illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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
	Ida's Book of Scathing Insults and Furious Outrage (The Lost Children 3) by Carolyn Cohagan (Goodreads Author), Lynn Cohagan (Illustrator) 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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Great news! I just learned that my novel, TIME ZERO, has been accepted for a featured eBook deal through BookBub. The eBook will be discounted to $0.99 from August 18th - 25th.

If you haven't read the book yet, this is a great chance to snatch your copy and let me know what you think!:-)

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“And when you grow up one day," her mother would always add, "you might be lucky enough to be shot by someone you love.”
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“Looking at Silas and Nana, I realize I know what my ideas and values are––no one can change them. I throw the rifle in the river.”
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What's the Name o...: SOLVED. YA Fiction. Girl trying to escape all of the rules that are trying to be set on her,including marriage at a young age. Leaves off on a cliffhanger. Spoilers. [s]	5	70	Jan 24, 2024 04:34AM
What's the Name o...: YA novel about creepy children's orphanage, little girl and her friend get kidnapped to the orphanage. Before 2015.	10	1279	Sep 09, 2024 04:26PM
What's the Name o...: YA/ Children Thriller/ Mystery. Lost kids go to a different, dark scary world? and are searching for something. Not a famous author. Read 2011-2014.	10	100	Oct 04, 2024 02:59PM

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