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Greg Howard

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Greg Howard was born and raised in the South Carolina Lowcountry, where his love of words and stories blossomed at a young age. Originally set on becoming a songwriter, Greg followed that dream to the bright lights of Nashville, Tennessee, and spent years producing the music of others before eventually returning to his childhood passion of writing stories.

Greg is an Edgar Award nominee (The Whispers) and writes young-adult and middle-grade novels focusing on LGBTQ characters and issues. He has an unhealthy obsession with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and currently resides in Nashville with his three rescued fur babies--Molly, Toby, and Riley.
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Greg Howard BLOOD DIVINE was my first novel, so I just started writing a ghost story that happened to me when I was a kid and the book kind of developed from ther…moreBLOOD DIVINE was my first novel, so I just started writing a ghost story that happened to me when I was a kid and the book kind of developed from there. I did create a detailed plot outline when I got about half way through and then went back and rewrote some chapters. With my subsequent books, I have found it helpful to first write a blurb, then create a basic outline, and then start filling that in with scene ideas.(less)
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Writing Your Own Story (Sort Of) by Greg Howard

POSTED ON JANUARY 8, 2019 on School Library Journal’s Teen Librarian Toolbox

Let me start by clearly stating that THE WHISPERS is first and foremost, a work of fiction. I’m reluctant to even call it semi-autobiographical. With that said, there’s no doubt that I left a lot of me on the page. Sort of.

When I first had the idea for this story, I thought a lot about my childhood—colorful family memb

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“All I know for sure is that a boy was hurt, and it was my fault. I don’t know exactly how he was hurt or what my part in it was, though. Those memories are gone, and I say good riddance. Ever since then, I haven’t been able to leave. So I try my bes" Read more of this review »
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“like, Fat Bald Detective’s office is very unprofessional because there’s crap everywhere and it smells like Fritos.”
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“Shit,” I yell at the stars, and shake my fist at… the moon, I guess, for lack of a better target.”
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“This prom sounds about as sexy as Vacation Bible School.”
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“We look away until we have no choice. Then we examine them, remember them, and look away again, as if we’re not meant to think too much about them, but to live. Just live and forget.”
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“when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life doing something, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
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“People defended all manner of views inherited from their caregivers to the grave, all the while claiming to have reached these conclusions of their own sound minds.”
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“It was summer, and the world was as bright as a lightning flash. Blue sky. Red dirt. Everything was set alight. Vern tried to cherish it, to turn toward the sun the way bluebells did, but Vern still lusted after the dark of the woods, where she was born, where her true self had been made.”
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Misty Hi there! and a big Hello from Canada (Quebec city) I was born and raised in Paris, France and I've been living in Quebec since 1999.


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