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Caragh O’Brien Since earning an MA in writing seminars at Johns Hopkins University, CARAGH M.O’BRIEN has published a number of romance novels for adults. Currently, she teaches high school in Connecticut. This is her first novel for young adults. Learn more at Caragh O’Brien’s website.
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In an opening letter concerning Caragh O’Brien’s new book Birthmarked, her editor says that she could describe the book as a “Hollywood-style pitch (The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games)” but chooses to avoid the lazy and instead describes how the main character, in the book’s first chapter, must deliver a baby solo (not hers) and then, against the wishes of the mother, take it away and deliver it (literally this time) to a group called The Enclave.
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Previous SFF Author: Téa Obreht
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