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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:black;background:white">Learn about Amish culture, Christian fiction and faith with <u>New York Times</u> and <u>USA Today</u> bestselling author </span><a href="http://www.shelleyshepardgray.com/bio/" id="LPlnk46665" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;
background:white">Shelley
Shepard Gray</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
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<span style="background:white">Currently, she pens inspirational Amish romances for </span></span><a href="https://www.harlequin.com/shop/brand/avon-inspire.html" id="LPlnk796044" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;
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Inspire</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white"> and historical romances for </span><a href="https://www.harpercollinschristian.com/" id="LPlnk480197" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;background:white">Harper
Collins Christian Publishing</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white">. In addition to her writing as Shelley Shepard Gray, she has written a dozen novels for </span><a href="https://www.harlequin.com/shop/index.html?cmpid=PSSUPSSEM201307010001&kw=harlequin%20romance" id="LPlnk773176" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;
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Romance </span></a><span style="font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white">under the pseudonym </span><a href="https://www.harlequin.com/shop/authors/12496_shelley-galloway.html" id="LPlnk634368" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;
background:white">Shelley
Galloway</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Before writing romances, she lived in Texas and Colorado, where she taught school and earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Gray was a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious </span></span><a href="https://www.acfw.com/carol" id="LPlnk953339" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:
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Award,</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;
background:white"> and a two-time </span><a href="http://virginiaromancewriters.com/holt-medallion/" id="LPlnk891216" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;
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(Honoring Outstanding Literary Talent) Medallion</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;
background:white"> winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time and can often be found walking her
dachshunds on her town’s bike trail.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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<span style="background:white">This special author event is sponsored by the</span></span><a href="http://tecumsehlibrary.org/friends.asp" id="LPlnk174072" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
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<span style="background:white">Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Tecumseh
District Library invites all to this special event. For additional information, call Chuck Harpst, Reference/Local History Librarian, at the library, 423-2238. </span><br>
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