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Darcie R.J. Abbene

Currently, Darcie Abbene works as a consultant and writing coach for the Young Writers Project based out of Burlington, Vermont. Prior to that she spent several years working as a high school English teacher in first New Hampshire and later in Vermont. Although she spends much of her free time playing with her husband and daughters, she occasionally pens a blog called I Know Where the Leeks Are that uses the topic of food to explore the stories of people and place. Occasionally, she writes freelance articles for her local weekly paper.

Books reviewed by Darcie R.J. Abbene

Quicksand (10/21/15)
Muse (07/22/15)
I Saw a Man (07/08/15)
Boo (06/03/15)
I Refuse (04/29/15)
Epitaph (03/18/15)

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