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Mary Vensel White is the author of The Qualities of Wood, the first release from HarperCollins's Authonomy imprint, Bellflower, a novel-in-moments, and Starling.

Vensel White teaches writing and English and edits fiction and nonfiction at typeeighteenediting.com. A graduate of the University of Denver and DePaul University, Chicago, she now lives in southern California. ...more

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	The Qualities of Wood 3.06 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Bellflower 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2019 — 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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	Starling it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 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

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