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Lorie Smith Schaefer

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Lorie has lived and worked in Northern Nevada for nearly fifty years. Her career in elementary education included many years as a teacher for the Carson City School District. She also contributed personal and political columns to Carson City’s Nevada Appeal for fifteen years. Retired now, she lives with her husband in Reno, where she volunteers as a Reading Grandma. She spends much of her time avoiding housework by reading, writing, and watching her granddaughter grow up too fast.

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False Face

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The Land and Its People: Essays

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“I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I’m joining the circus. Although I’m happily married, I spent a great deal of time mentally living with incompatible husbands.”
― Anne Tyler

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