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Wendy Waters

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Born

Maryborough, Australia

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Paranormal

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Wendy Waters is an award-winning author, composer, lyricist and librettist. Born in Queensland, she grew up in Sydney, lived in the USA for six years, travelled extensively, and now lives in Sydney, Australia. In 2011 she volunteered to work with OASIS Salvation Army Crisis Centre in Sydney, motivating musically talented, underprivileged children which gave her the inspiration for her debut novel, Catch the Moon, Mary.

Waters has written three musicals: ALEXANDER, FRED and MIRIAM and is currently writing Book & Lyrics for THE LAST TALE with composer Shanon D. Whitelock. THE LAST TALE will be workshopped in London in 2020.

FRED, a four-hander book musical was produced in Australia in June 2018 by the Tweed Theatre Company. You can listen to ...more

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Average rating: 4.83 · 66 ratings · 44 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Catch the Moon, Mary 4.83 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Fields of Grace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Catch The Moon, Mary 4.60 avg rating — 10 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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Promoting my debut novel Catch the Moon, Mary with AllAuthor and Circle of Books.

This is a #review on Amazon by author of Elephants Never Lie. Such an honour!

Michelle 5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully orchestrated story of love and ultimate betrayal

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The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code

by Sharan Newman (Goodreads Author)

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Wendy Waters liked Rose Auburn's review of Fields of Grace: "Set mainly in the 1930s but with detours to 2009 and encompassing London, Devon, Paris, Germany and Australia, Fields of Grace is an epic saga of a novel in which we are introduced to Grace Fieldergill, a young actress who takes the London stage by s" Read more of this review »
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Wendy Waters and 1 other person liked Yorkshireteajenny's review of The Household Guide To Dying: "Dreadful. Awful. I agree - can we have a stopped reading shelf please!"
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Wendy Waters rated a book it was amazing Numb by Gabrielle Blondell (Goodreads Author)	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
What a stunning debut novel from Gabrielle Blondell. A taut, tense page-turner . Blondell creates vividly-drawn characters with a heartbeat. Her voice is distinctive and sure and her device of changing tenses moves the story along at a pace that is, ...more
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Wendy Waters made a comment on her review of Seven Roses " Terrie wrote: "Beautifully written review, Wendy!" Thank you Terrie! It was a very addictive read! ...more "
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Humphries' greatest creation is without doubt Dame Edna Everage and there is much in this book that echoes the irreverent humour of the great Dame. The hapless Derek is at first difficult to tolerate because his antiquated misogyny makes him very unl ...more
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Highly original story of a couple of lost souls who find strength in each other. When Meredith, a wine-swilling homeless teenager mourning the loss of her best friend, meets Kirkwood, a troubled young man whose life is rutted in a dead-end job and we ...more
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“The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.”
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― Isaac Asimov

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― Robert A. Heinlein

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― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

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