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Nancy Richardson Fischer

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I'm a published author with children's, teen and adult titles including: The Golden Globe, Lyric's World and Promises (Junior Jedi Knights Trilogy) for LucasFilm (Berkeley Press), Feel No Fear, The Power, Passion and Politics of a Life in Gymnastics (Hyperion), Monica: From Fear to Victory (HarperCollins), A Journey: The Autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno (Simon & Schuster), Nadia Comaneci: Letters to a Young Gymnast (Basic Books), and Winning Every Day with Shannon Miller (Bantam Books).

I've written for a circus, a graduate school, tried my hand at waitressing (I was terrible!), baking carrot cakes (I was messy but good!), and been lucky enough to ultimately do what I love - write.

I live in the Pacific Northwest with my husband and our ...more

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	The Golden Globe (Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights, #1) by Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author), Nancy Richardson 3.85 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	Promises (Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights, #3) by Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author), Nancy Richardson 3.70 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Pandora's Key (The Key Trilogy, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	Lyric's World (Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights, #2) by Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author), Nancy Richardson 3.55 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 1996 — 5 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
	When Elephants Fly 4.31 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2018 — 7 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
	The Key To Tartarus (The Key Trilogy, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Winning Every Day: Gold Medal Advice for a Happy, Healthy Life! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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
	The Speed of Falling Objects 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	Feel No Fear: The Power, Passion, and Politics of a Life in Gymnastics by Bela Karolyi, Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	A Journey The Autobiography of Apolo Anton Ohno by Apolo Anton Ohno, Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2002	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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Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights (6 books)
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Nancy Richardson Fischer (Goodreads Author),

Nancy Richardson

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The Key Trilogy (2 books)
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“I can’t change the past so why does it still bother me?" -Malledy”
― Nancy Richardson Fischer, Pandora's Key

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“The one certainty in life is that it changes.”
― Nancy Richardson Fischer, When Elephants Fly

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