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Shelby Wratchford

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Science Fiction, Historical Fiction

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Shelby Wratchford grew up outside St. Louis, MO, on a hobby farm with her parents and sister, exploring the woods around their home and learning to grow and care for plants and animals. She has a deep love of art history and is interested in the connections between science, religion, philosophy, and literature. You can find her painting the wildlife she sees on her farm, reading science fiction—and some romance, of course—that leaves her wondering what the hell just happened, drinking Manhattans, and contemplating the end of the world. "Adam" is her debut novel.
To learn more about Shelby, check out her Instagram: shelby.wratchford. ...more

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What are you currently working on?

Shelby Wratchford I'm currently working on a fiction novel (possibly a series) that ties the lives of people from various periods in history (1690s, 1890s, 1910s, and m…moreI'm currently working on a fiction novel (possibly a series) that ties the lives of people from various periods in history (1690s, 1890s, 1910s, and modern day so far) together. I'm so excited to share this with you eventually! (less)

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Shelby Wratchford It's one of those things that I can't point to anything specific, and it's different for every writer and creative. Sometimes it's a historical event,…moreIt's one of those things that I can't point to anything specific, and it's different for every writer and creative. Sometimes it's a historical event, an artwork, the weather, something someone does or says. It can be a big, momentous thing, or it can be something as small as the way it feels to sit on the grass. It has to be natural. One day, you might be driving past an abandoned house you see all the time and suddenly, it's gone. Demolished and made way for something else like it was never there. And you'll think about the fragility of things, and then maybe you'll write a poem, and that poem could turn into a sentence and eventually, into a novel. You never know where you'll get your inspiration from. Just live! Inspiration is all around us, just waiting. (less)

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Adam

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Cowboy Poet Madman Outlaw: Selected Poems 1987-2020

by Val Kilmer

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The Love That Split the World

by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author)

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When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

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“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

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