Lori Nelson Spielman (born April 30, 1961, in Lansing, Michigan) is an American author, mostly known for her Best Seller ''The Life List'', published by Bantam Books/

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in July 2013 and translated into 27 languages in 30 countries. As of December 2018 two more of her books were published – ''Sweet Forgiveness'' ( Plume, 2015) and ''Quote Me'' (Temporary name, 2018).

Biography

Spielman was born in 1961, in Lansing, Michigan, the fourth child of a Catholic working-class couple – Franc and Joan Nelson – and the first of them to attend university. After graduating (BA, Central Michigan University; MA, Michigan State University), she became a

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and then a homebound teacher, teaching mentally or physically ill students in their homes or at the hospital. Her first book heroine's profession is exactly that – homebound teacher. Spielman started writing only after reaching 48 years of age. It was in October 2009 that she started the first draft for her first book ''The Life List''; four years later it was published. In the midst of the book promotion, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After two surgeries, she was told that she is cancer-free. As of 2015, having written and published her second novel, "Sweet Forgiveness", she has retired from teaching and became a full-time writer. Nelson Spielman lives in East Lansing with her husband Bill Spielman. She has no children.

References

External links

Lori Nelson Spielman Website

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