Flaherty, Liz 1950-

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FLAHERTY, Liz 1950-

PERSONAL:

Born August 2, 1950, in Rochester, IN; daughter of Chester (a farmer) and Evelyn (a homemaker; maiden name, Neterer) Shafer; married Duane Flaherty (a production supervisor), May 29, 1971; children: Chris, Kari Flaherty Wilson, Jocko. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Politics: Independent. Religion: Methodist.

ADDRESSES:

Agent—Jill Grosjean, Grosjean Literary Agency, 1390 Millstone Rd., Sag Harbor, NY 11963.

CAREER:

Writer.

MEMBER:

Romance Writers of America, PAN, PASIC.

WRITINGS:

Always Annie (romance fiction), Kensington Books (New York, NY), 1999.

Because of Joe (fiction), NovelBooks (Douglas, MA), 2003.

Former author of "Window over the Sink," a local newspaper column. Contributor to periodicals.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

In the Presence of Grace and The Girls of Tonsil Lake, novels; Where Once There Were Wolves, a historical romance; River Walk, a contemporary romance.

SIDELIGHTS:

Liz Flaherty told CA: "I write, like so many of my peers, because I can't NOT write. My work is led by life in general and slice-of-that-life events specifically. It changes and matures as I do."

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