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Emily Littlejohn

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Emily Littlejohn is a Colorado-based novelist. She writes the Cedar Valley Mystery Series featuring Detective Gemma Monroe and is currently at work on a standalone thriller. She is a two-time Colorado Book Award finalist.

When Emily is not writing, she oversees collection development and management for a midsize public library system. She is passionate about literacy, access to information and the right to read.

Emily is available for book club conversations; public speaking engagements; and coaching authors through her business Catch Your Story.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 5,121 ratings · 792 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Inherit the Bones (Detective Gemma Monroe, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,376 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season to Lie (Detective Gemma Monroe, #2) 3.68 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Lake (Detective Gemma Monroe, #3) 3.70 avg rating — 922 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shatter the Night (Detective Gemma Monroe #4) 3.74 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In Fear of A Sewing Machine

I'm taking an Introduction to Quilting class this summer. I'm both excited and terrified. Does that sound strange?

I have a secret to share: sewing machines scare the hell out of me. In theory, I understand how they work...the same way I understand how a fax machine or microwave works.

In practice? Sewing machines seem complicated and dangerous. The staccato of the needle as it moves up and down l Read more of this blog post »

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“Some people spend their entire lives seeing the snow without ever seeing the magic in the existence of one snowflake.”
― Emily Littlejohn, Inherit the Bones

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“What else is a child, but hope? Hope for the future, hope for one's own salvation, hope for a tomorrow that shines as bright and warm as the best yesterday you can remember.”
― Emily Littlejohn, Inherit the Bones

tags: children, hope, motherhood

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“But no one is interested in the past. If they were smart, they would be, for the past tells us all we need to know, if we listen. But no one takes the god dang time to listen.”
― Emily Littlejohn, Inherit the Bones

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