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Yancey, Rick
Rick Yancey is a Florida native, having been born in Miami and then growing up in central Florida with his adopted family. He is the author of fifteen novels and a memoir, and the recipient of a Michael L. Printz Honor for his novel, The…
Tags: Author, Biography, Floridian, Rick Yancey
White, Randy Wayne
Since leaving home at age 16, and skipping college in the process, New York Times best-selling author Randy Wayne White has been a farm hand, a brass and iron foundry worker, a telephone lineman, and, for thirteen years, a full-time fishing guide at…
Tags: Randy Wayne White, White
Vogt, Brady
Brady Vogt was born in Texas. He moved around a lot for most of his childhood, but settled down in Florida in 1964 and has been there ever since. Brady works as a horticulturist and recently fulfilled his life's dream, opening his own bookstore.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.
The Yearling
Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their…
Tags: 20th Century, Fiction, Florida, Historical Fiction, Rawlings
The Rose Chateau: A Tale of Beauty Meets Beast
Corinna Faune was just a farmer's daughter, whose only regal connection was her runaway duke best friend, Alastar. But when her uncle returns home from the neighboring village with a horror tale and one glimmering rose, her entire life is…
Tags: Fiction, Florida, Monaco, Rebecca Monaco, The Rose Chateau
The 5th Wave
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of…
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of…