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Susan Clayton-Goldner

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Susan Clayton-Goldner was born in New Castle, Delaware and grew up with four brothers along the banks of the Delaware River. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona's Creative Writing Program and has been writing most of her life. Her novels have been finalists for The Hemingway Award, the Heeken Foundation Fellowship, the Writers Foundation and the Publishing On-line Contest. Susan won the National Writers' Association Novel Award twice for unpublished novels and her poetry was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Animals as Teachers and Healers, published by Ballantine Books, Our Mothers/Ourselves, by the Greenwood Publishing Group, The Hawaii Pacific Review-B
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Susan Clayton-Goldner I'd travel into To Kill A Mockingbird and work as hard as I could to help Atticus Finch get justice for his client. …moreI'd travel into To Kill A Mockingbird and work as hard as I could to help Atticus Finch get justice for his client. (less)
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INSPIRATION IS OFTEN MYSTERIOUS AND UNPREDICTABLE

I'm often asked what inspires me to write a particular story. I've written twenty novels and the answer to that question is never the same. In the case of A Harbor of Hope, #15 in the Winston Radhauser series, it came through a character. 

I was sitting in a friend's study. It was early morning and no one else was awake. My friend was a successful journalist and the study was filled with books, mem Read more of this blog post »
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"This book is about Detective Win Radhauser and his family. It is a gripping story, that as a reader you can’t put the book down till you find out what happens.
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A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr.
“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
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“When he looked at Brandy, he saw the desperation in her eyes. He felt like hugging her and telling her what a great sister she was to Emily. Instead, he tried to harden his features, put far more bravado in his words than he felt. “Now get out of here. I’ve got work to do.” *”
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