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Kathie Giorgio

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Born

in St. Louis, The United States

Website

http://www.kathiegiorgio.org/

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Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction

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June 2009

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KATHIE GIORGIO is the author of a total of fifteen books: eight novels, two story collections, an essay collection, and four poetry collections. She’s been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in fiction and poetry and awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association, the Silver Pen Award for Literary Excellence, the Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence, and the Eric Hoffer Award In Fiction. Her poem “Light” won runner-up in the 2021 Rosebud Magazine Poetry Prize, and her work has also been incorporated into many visual art and musical events. Kathie is the director and founder of AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop LLC, an international creative writing studio. She lives with her husband, mystery writer Michael G ...more

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Average rating: 4.13 · 492 ratings · 157 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	If You Tame Me 4.03 avg rating — 118 ratings — 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
	In Grace's Time 4.09 avg rating — 99 ratings — 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
	The Home for Wayward Clocks 4.23 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Don't Let Me Keep You 4.33 avg rating — 40 ratings — 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
	Hope Always Rises 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — 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
	Today's Moment of Happiness Despite the News 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — 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
	Enlarged Hearts 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012	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
	Learning To Tell (A Life) Time really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013	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
	Rise from the River 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2015	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
	All Told 4.50 avg rating — 8 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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And so this week’s moment of happiness despite the news. A few days ago, someone said something to me that I not only never thought would be said, but I also never imagined it being said. “Well, Kathie, you sure know how to make lemonade out of lemons.” Cliché or not, it still made my …

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Kathie Giorgio made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My name is on a book I didn't write topic " Hi. The book Jolene's Adonis by J. Jaden has me listed as author and editor. I am not a co-author with this book, and I was not the editor. Could you ...more "
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This was one of those novels that was horrifying to read, partly because you could see where all of it could come true. The only complaint I had was that the beginning went on too long. The main character needed to get to the School for Good Mothers ...more
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“The friend I spoke to yesterday about my gut emailed me this morning, He said, “We talk about following our “gut instincts.” In fact, the only other organ in the body with more neurons than the gut is the brain. It knows.”
― Kathie Giorgio, Today's Moment of Happiness Despite the News

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“We have a new interchange near Milwaukee, where you can move from I-94 east to US-45 north. It used to be a godawful left exit, a sharp turn that slowed you down and then dumped you into fast-flying traffic with little time to merge.”
― Kathie Giorgio, Today's Moment of Happiness Despite the News

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“He’d been told grief lasted for about two years,”
― Kathie Giorgio, If You Tame Me

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