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Marian Allen

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For as long as I can remember, I've loved telling and being told stories. When, at the age of about six, I was informed that somebody got paid for writing all those books and movies and television shows, I abandoned my previous ambition (beachcomber), and became a writer.

I've worked as a high school teacher, an executive secretary, a soda jerk, a bank clerk, an accountant, and in Red Cross Youth Services. While working for the Red Cross, I met my husband, a widower with three young daughters. We married and had a fourth daughter. Their names are #1 Daughter, #2 Daughter, #3 Daughter and #4 Daughter.

Small town life agrees with me. I like the interconnectedness of everything and everybody. The internet is a little like a small town: I frequen ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 614 ratings · 116 reviews · 56 distinct works

	The Fall of Onagros 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	Silver and Iron 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	Bargain With Fate 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Eel's Reverence 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Force of Habit 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	A Dead Guy at the Summerhouse 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Turtle Feathers 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Sideshow in the Center Ring 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Lonnie, Me and the Hound of Hell 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Bar Sinister: Bar Sinister (Spadena Street Mysteries Book 1) 4.33 avg rating — 3 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

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#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? The other night, I heard a beep-beep. I said, “Come on, Momma. It’s in the basement!” She followed me, and it was the hot water heater, beeping and beeping…

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Marian Allen wrote a new blog post Caturday: Tipper Helps #Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess wh Read more of this blog post »
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Marian Allen entered a giveaway The Runes of Engagement by Dave Klecha	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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Marian Allen rated a book it was amazing Finally...HORSES! by Janet Wolanin Alexander (Goodreads Author)	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
Finally...HORSES!, a young readers version of Mrs. Alexander’s At Home on a Horse in the Woods, contains and communicates the essence of the longer book: A child’s inexplicable longing for something they’ve never experienced or had modeled in life, t ...more
Aug 27, 2023 07:42AM · 2 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Finally...HORSES! by Janet Wolanin Alexander. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Finally...HORSES! by Janet Wolanin Alexander
Marian Allen rated a book it was amazing The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2) by Damyanti Biswas (Goodreads Author)	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
If I hadn't already pre-ordered this book, I would do it now, even though I've now read it. I've been a fan of Biswas' writing for a long time, and this novel did not disappoint. I was warned that there was some graphic violence, so I was wary, but t ...more
Aug 04, 2023 08:20AM · 5 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas
Marian Allen rated a book it was amazing The Blue Monsoon (Blue Mumbai, #2) by Damyanti Biswas (Goodreads Author)	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
If I hadn't already pre-ordered this book, I would do it now, even though I've now read it. I've been a fan of Biswas' writing for a long time, and this novel did not disappoint. I was warned that there was some graphic violence, so I was wary, but t ...more
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Antion takes Zach and Billy, two retirement-age men who've been friends since they were youngsters, each of whom has a fairly useless paranormal ability, and throws them into a deadly mix of gangsters, family connections, and ruthless semi-rogue FBI ...more
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Marian Allen rated a book it was amazing The Blue Bar (Blue Mumbai, #1) by Damyanti Biswas (Goodreads Author)	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
The Blue Bar pulls you into a world you don't want to inhabit, but makes you care so much for the characters you can't abandon them! Everything about this novel is complex yet crystal clear, from the characters to the motivations to the underworld co ...more
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Marian’s Quotes

“My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

tags: afternoon, schedule, tea, toast

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“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

tags: amelia-peabody, men, women

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“In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)”
― Elizabeth Peters, The Deeds of the Disturber

tags: cats

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