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Therese Fowler

(1967) Novelist

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Therese Fowler is a novelist.

Quick Facts About Therese Fowler

Born: April 22, 1967
Profession: Novelist

About Therese Fowler

[Wikidata] American writer... | [Wikipedia] Therese Anne Fowler is a contemporary American author. She is best known for her novels A Good Neighborhood, A Well-Behaved Woman, and Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, which has been adapted for television by Killer Films and Amazon Studios, with Christina Ricci and David Hoflin in the roles of Zelda

Quotes by Therese Fowler

No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might…

Earlier

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The distinctions of what makes a book one genre or another can sometimes be a bit muddy, but generally it's a matter…

Another

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As with many teens, my first jobs included babysitting and mopping floors at McDonald's. Since then, I've held jobs a diverse as…

Apparel

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Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make…

Been

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There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board:…

Across

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My stories seem to always in some way explore mistakes and misapprehensions and the possibility of redemption - though that redemption doesn't…

Always

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“If only. Were there sadder words than these?”

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My husband and I have, in some ways, a non-traditional relationship - especially when it comes to domestic duties. He does most…

Cooking

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It's 2010. I'm forty-three years old. I've just turned in the final draft of what will be my third novel when I…

Career

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“Life's most profound moments were, paradoxically, its most common ones: first breaths, and last.”

Life

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Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.

Action

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The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.

Advising

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At 19, I went to live in the Philippines for three years as a U.S. Air Force 'dependent spouse.' I lived off-base…

Air

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I went looking for some preliminary information, and very quickly was struck by the sort of way the surface-level knowledge about Zelda…

About

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Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes.

Attention

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My creative workday starts with strong breakfast tea and a few minutes of journaling, both of which help me get my head…

Actor

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I'm among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It…

Among

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