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Jo Schaffer Layton

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Jo Schaffer Layton was born and raised in the California Bay Area in a huge, creative family. She is a YA novelist, speaker, writer at BYU TV, works in film production and is a Taekwondo black belt.

She's a founding member of Operation Literacy and co-founder of the Teen Author Boot Camp, one of the largest conferences in the nation for youth ages 13-19. She and a crew of local and international bestselling authors present writing workshops to hundreds of attendees at the Utah-based conference as well as hundreds of others worldwide who view the conference online.

Jo loves being involved in anything that promotes literacy and family. She is passionate about community, travel, books, music, healthy eating, classic films and martial arts. Her b
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Book 3 of Stanley and Hazel coming soon!


 




                    Character Encounters- Arthur


Big news! I've finished writing the third book in my Stanley and Hazel Trilogy on my writing retreat to California! As I launch into edits, I have to admit that I'm a bit reluctant to leave the world of 1935 behind. Just for fun, I thought I'd share some conversations I had with the characters before finishing Book 3 and sealing thei

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"No seriously this book had it all. Love and lies and death and murder and friend loss and occult stuff. I really enjoyed it just like the first book. I am dying waiting for the third book. I must know if he survives! (I didn't want to give any spoile" Read more of this review »
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Why aren’t more people reading these books! So well written and researched. Such amazing characters! I absolutely could not put this down. Can not wait for book 3."
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"Oh WOW. I loved this book a lot more than the first one to be honest. SO good. I thought some of the dialogue got a little cheesy here and there, but the action in this one is ramped way up; the book is quick and snappy with excellent pacing, and all" Read more of this review »
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We read to know we're not alone.
“We read to know we're not alone.”
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Henry James
“I always want to know the things one shouldn't do."
"So as to do them?" asked her aunt.
"So as to choose," said Isabel”
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“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
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Claudine You're so cute, Jo! And yes, I agree, we're quite the busted ones...bookworm hotties indeed! LOL!

Now I need to catch up with you and actually write something...hmmmm.


Claudine Thanks for inviting me to this tasty little site! I just started putting books on here tonight - and even stole one of yours for a future read!

Bookworms unite! xoxoxoxo


Daniel
Jo, you definitely will have a book on this list some day. You can write Jo.


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