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Celeste Hollister

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Born

in Vidor, Texas, The United States

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http://www.celestehollister.com

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Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Neil Gaiman, A. S. Byatt, Stephen King, Roger Zelazny, JRR Tolkien

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July 2008

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Celeste Hollister is a novelist, a mom, a travel writer, and willing cat minion. She writes books for people who struggle with racial identity and LGBT+ representation. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in writing, taught in urban schools for a decade, and lived in South Korea for a year. She loves wine, cookies, traveling abroad, and fanfiction. Currently, she lives in San Marcos with her lovely boyfriend and fabulous daughter.

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I Who Have Never Known Men

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

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“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous

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