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Carl Deuker

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Carl Deuker was raised in Redwood City, California, the son of Jack Deuker and Marie Milligan Deuker. As a young boy, he spent many hours in the creek behind his house and in the wooded area west of his house. Mainly he kicked around with his friend Paul G., looking for frogs and lizards and the occasional snake. Once he started school, Carl continued to wander about in the woods above his house but, as he grew older, he participated in sports. He was good enough to make most teams, but not good enough to play much. He describes himself as a classic second-stringer. "I was too slow and too short for basketball;...

Julie Wright

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Julie Wright wrote her first book when she was fifteen. She's written over twenty novels since then. She is a Whitney Awards winner for best romance with her books Cross My Heart and Lies Jane Austen Told Me, The American Library Association listed "Glass Slippers, Ever After, and Me" in their 2020 top ten best romances and "A Captain for Caroline Gray" in their 2021 top ten best romances. She has one husband, five kids, two grandbabies, one dog, and a varying amount of houseplants (depending on attrition) .She loves writing, reading, hiking, playing with her kids, and watching her husband...