Chara M. Curtis is a writer and children's book author from

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Biography

Chara Mahar Curtis was born in Minnesota, worked in advertising and

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and

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before becoming a full-time writer. Chara has lived in a variety of places, including northern

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, Nashville, Chicago, and

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. She now makes her home near the

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. She is a daughter of Radio/TV News & Sports personality Harold Richard "Dick" Eugene Mahar and Gloria Estelle LaValleur Mahar Shemorry and has six siblings (in order of age): Richard, Pamela, Jennifer, twins Debra & Douglas, and Bonnie.

Bibliography

*''How Far to Heaven'' (1993) *''All I See Is Part of Me'' (1994) *''No One Walks on My Father's Moon'' (1996). Voyage Publishing. . *''Fun Is a Feeling'' (1998)

Awards

*1996 Body Mind Spirit Magazine Award of Excellence for ''All I See is Part of Me'' *1997 Washington State Governor's Writers Award for ''No One Walks on My Father's Moon''

References

External links

Biography at Illumination Arts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Chara C. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American writers 21st-century American women Writers from Minnesota