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Catherine Parra Dix

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Born
in Deming, New Mexico, The United States
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November 2008


Catherine's first novel Rosetta Stones won the New Mexico Book Award's 2009 "Best First Book" award and the Moonbeam Children's 2009 bronze medal award in young adult fiction. She was also a finalist in the New Mexico Book Award's young adult fiction category.

Catherine earned her Bachelor of Science degree from New Mexico State University in 1996. During the day she works with the finest farmers and ranchers of Colorado as a resource soil scientist. At night she writes.

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Rosetta Stones

4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009
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So I didn't put the YES in yesterday

Those of you who know me well know that yesterday was a monstrously important day in my life for at least two reasons, maybe three. The first and least important reason is that it was my and Mark Twain's birthday. Google chose to honor Mr. Twain with a sweet yet predictable picture of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer whitewashing a fence. And maybe someday in the far far off future when I'm cold an Read more of this blog post »
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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