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Kim O'Brien grew up reading and daydreaming beside the rivers and live oaks of the Texas Hill Country.

With starry-eyed visions of travel and adventure, O'Brien earned a Journalism degree from Southwest Texas State University.

After a decade of nomadic living and seven years of writing professionally, O'Brien returned to the hills and rivers of her childhood to write books and daydream once again.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 37 ratings · 9 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Wildfire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Avalanche 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Bethesda it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

Today is Zora Neale Hurston's birthday, and she's trending on Twitter.Hurston was a paid writer of the Harlem Renaissance, making her living on folk tales. When she published Their Eyes Were Watching God near the end of the 1930’s, she was heavily criticized by black male literary figures of the day for painting a too-pretty picture of African-American life in the south. In their eyes, Hurston had Read more of this blog post »

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