Favorites

	Angle of Repose -- Wallace Stegner
	Girl Meets God--Lauren Winner
	Nickel and Dimed--Barbara Ehrenreich
	To Kill A Mockingbird -- Harper Lee
	Mystery and Manners -- Flannery O'Connor
	During the Reign of the Queen of Persia -- Joan Chase
	In Country -- Bobbie Ann Mason
	Heart Mountain -- Gretel Ehrlich
	Elena of the Stars -- C.P. Rosenthal
	The Chosen -- Chaim Potok
	Stones for Ibarra -- Harriet Doerr
	Cakewalk -- Lee Smith
	Travels with Charly -- John Steinbeck
	Peachtree Road -- Ann Rivers Siddons
	I Capture the Castle -- Dodie Smith
	Strange Angels -- Jonis Agee
	Patty Jane's House of Curl -- Lorna Landvik
	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn -- Betty Smith
	That Night -- Alice McDermott
	Little House in the Big Woods -- Laura Ingalls Wilder
	Montana 1948 -- Larry Watson
	The Screwtape Letters -- C.S. Lewis
	Blue Rodeo -- Jo-Ann Mapson
	The Next Step in the Dance -- Tim Gautreaux
	Bestseller -- Olivia Goldsmith
	The Novel -- James Michner
	The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup -- Susan Orlean
	Blue Like Jazz -- Donald Miller
	Empire Falls -- Richard Russo
	Water for Elephants -- Sara Gruen
	Dad -- William Wharton

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Favorite Websites

	www.bearsquiltshop.com I love this quilt shop! Between the three owners, Bear, Russ and Vivs, I don't think there's a question about quilting, fabrics, or patterns, that one of these guys can't answer. We've discussed a variety of things, but one of my favorite conversations was the discussion about what kind of quilt tattoo I would get! Yes, there are quilting tattoos. And, no, I haven't gotten one...yet! Drop by if you are in the area and have a chat. You'll not only have a fun time, I guarantee you won't be able to NOT buy something from their marvelous selection of fabrics and quilting stuff!
	www.satterfieldmusic.com Here's the new website of my friend, Lela Satterfield, who wrote the Pilgrim's Progress children's play I used in Delectable Mountains. She has lots of plays and songs you might like to use for your children's group.
	www.andyrauband.com Andy Rau is the extremely talented songwriter and musician who not only gave me banjo lessons for a year (and was one of my musical consultants), but created the music for my book trailer on YouTube. If you are in the area and have a chance to see him and his band live, you won't be disappointed by their performance. But you can also buy his CD's on his website. Though I don't take lessons from him anymore (busy writing my next book), my husband, Allen, still goes to Andy's studio every week for mandolin lessons.
	www.quiltcenter.org The Alliance for American Quilts. This site has a large number of interviews with quilters. The site also has a number of quilt projects including the Quilters Save Our Stories (S.O.S.) project.
	http://www.quarterinchpublishing.com This is a website of another talented writer, illustrator, quilt designer and friend! Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli has a whole series of children's quilt story books out which are bilingual Spanish/English. Her latest one--Cascarones (Confetti Eggs) has a quote on the back from me! It's a wonderful book with a quilt pattern included. All her books also come highly recommended by me.
	www.poisonedpen.com Great independent book store where people can always get signed copies of my books.
	www.joannmapson.com A great website of one of my favorite authors. You'll love her Italian greyhounds!
	www.thecottonball.com The website of the real quilt store on which I based The Fabric Patch in Morro Bay. To clear things up, the physical quilt store that I describe is The Cottonball in Morro Bay but I gave it the name The Fabric Patch because they were the first quilt store to carry my books. The Cottonball has moved since I first wrote about it, but they are still in Morro Bay.

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