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Amber Roshay

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Website

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Romance, Travel

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Amber Roshay grew up in the White Mountains of Arizona, but spent many years in San Francisco, California. After receiving a MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts in 2005, she moved to Thailand to teach English and now works at Sino-British College in Shanghai. She is currently writing a new novel about China.

She is also the author of Reaching Prague and How the Fat Girl Got Thin. To read more of her work, go to www.aroshay.com.
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how the fat girl got thin

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How the Fat Girl Got Thin chronicles the daring lives of two best friends since childhood: Coco Stark and Edie Clearwater. Both struggle with alcohol addiction, weight problems and the inability to be happy. Working dead-end jobs, unable to find love and fighting depression,Edie and Coco are compelled to take positions as English teachers in Ao Luek, a remote vill

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	How to Make a Living as a Writer: Publish books, articles and blogs (Writing Boot Camp Book 1) by Amber Roshay (Goodreads Author), Melissa Uhles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 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
	Write Compelling Content: Blog posts, Articles & Essays (Writing Boot Camp Book 2) by Amber Roshay (Goodreads Author), Melissa Uhles (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Reaching Prague it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 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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“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.”
― Margaret Atwood

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message 1: by Chris

Dec 04, 2008 02:38PM

Hey, I've been going back and reading all of The John D. MacDonald books I could, Also The Painter From Shanghai.
I also re-read my Novel Dallas Blood, that was published last year. I still love it but would re-write a lot of it. It's got catch on soon.

Christopher P. Nichols

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