Cat Michaels

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Author and blogger CAT MICHAELS has more than two decades of teaching experience and has managed communication and training programs.

Her chapter books for young and reluctant readers have been recognized for excellence in writing children’s literature with three Purple Dragonfly Awards, a first place honor from the Children’s Literary Classics Book Awards, and a silver medal by the Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards. Her last book, Sweet T and the Turtle Team, also won the Wind Dancer Films competition and was considered for adaptation to movies or TV.

Cat’s latest children’s book, "Just Between Sam and Me," co-written with Rosie Russell, was published in December 2020.

Cat and her family live near Raleigh, North Carolina, where she
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Cat Michaels Hmmmm. Good question, Jake. I find second graders and above read my tales independently; first graders read with some help; younger children enjoy loo…moreHmmmm. Good question, Jake. I find second graders and above read my tales independently; first graders read with some help; younger children enjoy looking at Irene Jahn's watercolor illustrations and listening as my books are read to them. All the best with your teaching and writing-:D(less)
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How I use bridges in my beachy rom com to bring my characters to life

I never know how I’ll find inspiration for my beachy rom com. Cue visits to the near-to-me North Carolina coast. Its gazillion bridges set off creative light bulbs.

Read on to see how bridges helped me highlight my fictional Gull Island setting  AND play up differences between my two main characters, City Gal Kate and Island Guy Luke. 
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I agree with reviewers: this book is like "Knives Out" meets Agatha Christie as dead bodies accumulate during a family reunion in a snowy, isolated Australian mountain chalet. An unreliable narrator with a killer sense of humor reveals the plot, and ...more
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An uneven, slow start, but I’m a former violinist, so I kept going.

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Intriguing premise: A geneticist and a statistician are thrown together to prove the app he created can predict a perfect genetic couples’ match. Of course, the two happen to be a platinum 98% match, so they pretend to be coupled leading up to the ap ...more
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This witty novel centers on two 40-something women from different walks of life, who accidentally wind up with each other's shoes, one of which is a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes. Surrounded by rich characters, strong ...more
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Along with rich characters and a twisty plot, the Australian settings in a Jane Harper novel draw me to her books. Federal agent Falk again stumbles into a year-old cold case when he visits friends at a wine country festival. Disappointed this is the ...more
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Wasn’t sure about the title, but I loved this uplifting book about two ‘leftover women’ searching for an undiscovered species in this touching journey of self-discovery set in the 1950s. Juliet Stevenson’s audiobook narration was stellar!
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“Wonderful things are possible when you dream big and use your imagination.”
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