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Catherine Ryan Hyde

Catherine Ryan Hyde, an acclaimed novelist and award-winning short-story writer, is the author of the story collection Earthquake Weather and of the novels Love in the Present Tense, Walter's Purple Heart, Funerals for Horses, Electric God, and Pay It Forward, which was named an ALA Book of the Year and made into a feature film. She lives in Cambria, California. Her website is cryanhyde.com.
Jumpstart the World
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
Diary of a Witness
Becoming Chloe
The Day I Killed James

Books

Jumpstart the World
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
Diary of a Witness
Becoming Chloe
The Day I Killed James

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