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Monica Weber Babcock

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Monica Weber Babcock graduated summa cum laude from John Carroll University where she earned a master's degree in English and a minor in creative writing. She taught writing for twelve years, first at John Carroll University and then at Lorain County Community College.
She began her writing career as a poet, a practice which deeply informs her novels. Her in-depth research involves both reading about and visiting specific locations, enabling her to infuse her stories with historic and geographic details which transport her readers to an authentic era.
Her poetry chapbook, "Heartscape," was released in 2013. Her debut novel "Burden of Remembrance," a tribute to the Greatest Generation, took seven years to complete and was released in 2018. He ...more

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