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Donna Callea

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Literature & Fiction, Romance, Fantasy

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Before Donna became a novelist, she was an award-winning journalist. OK. She didn't win any awards you might have heard about. We're not talking Pulitzers here. But she did work as a reporter for a minor metropolitan newspaper for a number of years, during which time she wrote numerous stories and won a few prizes. But not any Pulitzers.
At a pivotal point in her career, Donna decided that she would much rather write fiction than factual news stories. And since the newspaper she worked for much preferred printing the latter, she embarked upon a long and lonely journey as a novelist, culminating in the publication of four e-books: The Haircut, A New Year's Tale, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0031MA3H4 ; New Coastal Times, https://www.amazon.co ...more

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	New Coastal Times 3.52 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2010 — 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
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