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Rachel Beanland
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Rachel Beanland

Rachel Beanland Biography

Rachel Beanland is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. The author of the novel Florence Adler Swims Forever, she lives with her husband and three children in Richmond, Virginia.

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    If you enjoyed:
    The House Is on Fire

    Try:
    Booth
    by Karen Joy Fowler

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    Leyna Krow

    Leyna Krow is the author of the short story collection I'm Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking, which was a Believer Book Award finalist. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and two children. (more)

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    Fire Season
    by Leyna Krow

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