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Iva-Marie Palmer

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Iva-Marie Palmer is the author of the young adult novels Gimme Everything You Got and The End of the World as We Know It. She also wrote the Gabby Garcia's Ultimate Playbook series and Oh My Dog! for middle grade readers, as well as the books Romeo, Juliet and Jim and the Edgar Award-nominated The Jules Verne Prophecy with co-writer Larry Schwarz. Christmas People is her first adult novel.

Before writing professionally, Palmer worked as an award-winning community news reporter in Chicago's South Suburbs and as a web editor for the Walt Disney Company. She also got to know many a Christmas person working at a Hallmark store through high school and college.

Palmer now resides in Burbank, California with her husband and two sons.
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Iva-Marie Palmer Oh my goodness, Aditi, so flattered by your message!!! I have a few things in the works but not sure if any will be published. The Summers is a totall…moreOh my goodness, Aditi, so flattered by your message!!! I have a few things in the works but not sure if any will be published. The Summers is a totally different thing than EotW, for sure. I do hope that one day I'll get to do a sequel to EotW.

Thank you so, so much for the kind words and encouragement! If you have End of the World on Kindle, I think I can sign it for you through Authorgraph. Let me know if you need help finding it.(less)
Iva-Marie Palmer Oh my goodness, Jennifer! Thank you so much and I'm so glad to hear it. I am hoping there might be a sequel but nothing's solid yet.. I have ideas for…moreOh my goodness, Jennifer! Thank you so much and I'm so glad to hear it. I am hoping there might be a sequel but nothing's solid yet.. I have ideas for Kate's story as well as for Eliza's, Becca's and Tea's...so, fingers crossed!! I'm so happy to hear you'd read it!(less)
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“It seemed like he’d gone out of his way to hurt me, driving a knife into my heart and then twisting it so that there was no way I could yank it out.”
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AJ Fairchild Hi Iva-Marie! Thanks for the add. I Hope you are enjoying a great start to your New Year!


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