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Emily Hanlon was raised in Texas, educated in Boston, and now lives in New York. She worked as a personal injury attorney for many years, then an arbitrator, and is now blissfully retired. She converted to Catholicism in 2000, and began writing Catholic infused murder mysteries about 12 years ago. A life of listening to witnesses and sifting through facts has prepared her well for creating the complex entanglements of murder mysteries. She, like her sleuths, is active in the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a eucharistic minister, and is a proud, card carrying Church Lady.

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	Who Am I to Judge? 4.25 avg rating — 52 ratings — 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
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Martha, Marya and The St. Vincent de Paul Society

It was not until after the lead characters in my book, Who Am I To Judge?, had taken on their personalities and back stories that I realized their relationship had been very much informed by an organization I have been involved in for many years, the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Vincentians are called to visit the poor in their homes, to call them friends and neighbors and not clients, to listen,

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