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San Diego Pat & Oscar’s an English professor at Tennessee’s Edenville College. When one of Lena’s
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discovers evidence that takes her to Dayton, Tennessee, where the showdown
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acters, and sociological themes that are still relevant today. Masterfully written
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after 4 pm 10 and under Carlsbad Like her heroine, Russell delights in all things intellectual. She holds an M.A.
in English from Clark University and a Ph.D. in literature from the University of
15 restaurants in the San 760-931-7829 California, San Diego. Teaching for years in various colleges and universities,
Diego County 5630 Paseo Del Norte she developed courses that combined her interdisciplinary interests, including
www.cocosbakery.com #130D “Poetry and the Workplace,” “The Truth of Historical Fiction,” and “Literature
Oceanside and the Law,” a topic on which she also writes and speaks extensively. A
760-433-7829 regular contributor to Orange County Lawyer Magazine, she also has been
Denny’s published in newspapers, scholarly journals, and anthologies. She is currently
Tues. 4-10 (some on Sat. 1 Oceanside Pier at work on her third Sarah Kaufman mystery, set against the backdrop of the
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