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Laurie Berry Clifford

Born: 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois
Pen Name: Laurie Clifford, Laurie B Clifford

Connection to Illinois: Clifford was born in Oak Park. She spent most of her childhood outside the United States but lived in Chicago off and on after between 1948 and 1966. She retuned to the area in 1973 and lived in Evanston until 1979.

Biography: Laurie Berry Clifford began writing for publications in 1982. She has published 40-some books, some under her own name and some for others. Her life training is that of mother, writer, publisher, certified clinical hypnotherapist, urban contemplative, non-dual teacher, speaker and retreat leader. She is owner/operator of ''Waking Dreams Retreat'' in Asheville, North Carolina.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Non-Fiction; Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

E-Mail: laurie@laurieberryclifford.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurieBerryClifford/
Web: ''http://laurieberryclifford.com


Selected Titles

  April in love /
ISBN: 0842300236 OCLC: 16159934

Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1986.

Before the dawn-wind rises /
ISBN: 0830710493 OCLC: 12081146

Regal Books, Ventura, Calif., U.S.A. : ©1985.

  Evergreen castles /
ISBN: 0842307796 OCLC: 18839374

Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1982.

  Minnow Creek /
ISBN: 0978943015 OCLC: 1033410761

Eva Katherine Brandon is a beautiful woman with incredible eyes. She learns very young that she needs to watch out for them. But why? Eyes are the windows to the soul, her mother tells her. But Eva's soul is opaque, hiding secrets she can't risk to uncover. Eva is a stone-gatherer, and photos of her childhood years are like the stones she collects from the minnow creek nearby. Carefully chosen. Unlike the stones, though, the memories contained in the photographs are not hers. They are carefully constructed ones, created by her mother in three blue scrapbook albums. To hide what? The stone-gathering soothes Eva and the photographs unsettle her. But what true meaning does each of them hold? Memories of Eva's high school years are vivid and they won't leave her alone. Instead, they weave themselves unbidden into her current life, threatening to disrupt the cherished respite she has created in a tiny mountain village. Then one Wednesday morning, after she sends her three girls off to school, the phone rings. A cold voice informs her that D.J. Costain, someone she doesn't know or perhaps can't remember, has died leaving her a bequest.D.J. Costain's will contains startling news. This upends Eva's world and vaults her away from the safety of her quiet life, landing her on a life-changing journey. No time to consider the consequences. Her quest for answers, to the jigsaw puzzle of D.J. Costain and to the riddle of her own haunted life, propels her on a search to five of the seven continents before she finally assembles all the pieces. Only then can she understand what she needs to know and fully grasp the significance of her true inheritance. --Amazon.com (viewed May 1, 2018)

Some strange joy /
ISBN: 0830709304 OCLC: 10230178

Regal Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. : ©1983.

  Tales of a crazy pastor's wife :
ISBN: 0978943007 OCLC: 733579586

Sister-Friend Press, United States : 2007.

  The million dollar night /
ISBN: 0842342842 OCLC: 16910833

Tyndale House, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1983.

  The pepper mint gang and the enchanted stallion /
ISBN: 0842307672 OCLC: 16910880

WindRider Books, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1985.

  The pepper mint gang and the impossible houseboat /
ISBN: 0842315942 OCLC: 29676284

WindRider Books, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1985.

  The PepperMint Gang and frog heaven /
ISBN: 0842309357 OCLC: 72439221

WindRider Books, Wheaton, Ill. : ©1984.

  The secret of the golden crosses /
ISBN: 0842358544 OCLC: 20604237

Tyndale House Publ, Wheaton, Ill. : 1983.

  What if you-- accept the royal challenge? /
ISBN: 0830709401 OCLC: 10533631

Regal Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. : ©1984.

The reader chooses the development of the plot while dealing with a difficult neighbor lady. Can she possibly be royalty?

  What if you-- follow the lone cry? /
ISBN: 0830709134 OCLC: 9853164

Regal Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. : ©1983.

The reader makes choices dealing with going to the Yukon in search of treasure.

  What if you-- ride the blue bazoo? /
ISBN: 0830709010 OCLC: 9783727

Regal Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. : ©1983.

The reader becomes involved with a gang of smugglers and makes a new friend in Herman, owner of the blue bazoo, as he/she chooses the development of the plot.

  What if you-- sneak behind enemy lines? /
ISBN: 0830709398 OCLC: 10349269

Regal Books, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. : ©1984.

By entering a contest advertised on the back of a cereal box, the reader is launched on a series of adventures whose outcome is governed by the choices he or she makes at the bottom of each page.

 

 

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