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December 17, 1953

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Katherine L. Holmes lives in Duluth, Minnesota, where, besides writing, she works with used books. She has an M.A. in Writing from the University of Minnesota, obtained after stints in publishing and newspaper reporting. Her first published book, The House in Windward Leaves, became a Finalist in both the 2013 Next Generation and the National Indie Excellence book awards. More about her and her other books can be found at her website: https://sites.google.com/site/katheri... ...more

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	The House in Windward Leaves 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	The Swan Bonnet 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	The Wide Awake Loons 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Curiosity Killed the Sphinx and Other Stories 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Flute Lore, Flute Tales: Artifacts, History, and Stories About the Flute 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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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	Claude: A Dog of the Sixties it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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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REM Sunshine - my newly released poetry collection

Mythird book of poetry, REM Sunshine, is now released. Poems in thiscollection are reflective while unraveling their subject. They oftenexplore underlying associations or, in the terms of Carl Jung, theshadow or archetypal side of perception. Some of the poems weretriggered by sleep dreams and other poems arose from experiences orobservations that seemed as unusual as dream in memory.

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The Ultimate Happiness Prescription: 7 Keys to Joy and Enlightenment

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The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats

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Psychology of the Unconscious

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