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Bett Norris

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, History

Influences

Jane Rule, Joan Didion, Katherine V. Forrest, Harper Lee, Flannery O'C ...more

Member Since

August 2007

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Bett Norris graduated from the University of Alabama with a BA in history and a burning desire to write, having grown up just down the road a piece from Harper Lee. She drew heavily on her Alabama roots for her first novel, Miss McGhee, published through Bywater Books, set during the civil rights movement of the fifties and sixties. While wondering why the dictum write what you know doesn't apply to sci fi or murder mysteries, she dutifully set her second and third novels in the South as well, certain that the well of rich material to be found there will never run dry.

Her first novel, Miss McGhee, was released in May 2007, and was a finalist for the first annual Bywater fiction contest. Her second novel, What's Best for Jane, will be relea ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 121 ratings · 16 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Miss McGhee: Young Love 3.87 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's Best for Jane 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alcohol Not Included: Alcohol-free Cocktails for the Mindful Drinker by Jassy Davis, Bett Norris (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss McGhee 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bett Norris's Blog

What am I Thinking?

What’s on my mind? The Supreme Court, affirmative action, Pell grants, and the bespoke arrogance of the put-upon white male, “we used to be in charge but now we aren’t because of the bend-over backwards libs who want to loot all the power from us and give it away to others”, others being women, non-white undeserving- because-they-are-not-us, whiny, white, unthinking men. It hurt me,and I don’t kno