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Janet Chester Bly

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Janet Chester Bly is the widow of Award winning western author Stephen Bly. She is author and co-author of 32 books, and contributing author to five others. Janet's hobbies include decorating her home in “country clutter,” shopping for a touch of bling and dressy denim, making holiday wreaths, reading and reviewing inspirational fiction. She is choir director at her church in Winchester, Idaho--elevation 4,200 feet, population 325--situated on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation and home of Winchester Lake State Park. ...more

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Janet Chester Bly Narnia! To get a peek at Aslan and travel with the children.
Janet Chester Bly Tony and Priscilla Shadowbrook of the Hidden West cozy mystery series because as a writing team they remind me of me and my late husband.
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Karen Tyrrell Thanks Janet for friending,
Please check out my gutsy true story, Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness,
A Teachers eXposé of parent harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery. How did I reclaim my life?
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