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Celesta Rimington

Celesta Rimington is the author of The Elephant’s Girl and Tips for Magicians. The Elephant’s Girl was the winner of the 2020 Reading the West Book Award and has been recommended on several state and readers’ choice lists for middle grade readers. Celesta holds a degree in social psychology and has presented to thousands of students about resilience, generating ideas, and writing their own stories. While she grew up in almost every region of the United States, Celesta currently resides in Utah. She enjoys acting, boxing, and exploring the fragrant forests of the Wasatch Mountains with her family and her five-pound Yorkie named Winston.
Tips for Magicians
The Elephant's Girl

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Tips for Magicians
The Elephant's Girl

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