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Claire Naden

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Claire Naden was born and raised in Pasadena. She was a paralegal before turning her attention to writing full-time. She writes romantic suspense, women, and historical fiction emphasizing World War II. Her first novel, Cache Under the Stacks, A Cate Wagner Mystery, was published in June 2018 followed by Starting Over in December 2019. She is currently working on sequels to both books and historical fiction. Claire and her husband David, reside in Pasadena with their fur babies, Minnie and Mandy.

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	Flash Fiction 2019 by Tari Lynn Jewett (Goodreads Author) (Executive Editor), Marianne H. Donley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ada Jonnasen (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019	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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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

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“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Men Without Women

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“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
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