Shari Goldhagen is an American

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Biography

Goldhagen has been a journalist for

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, Life & Style, and Celebrity Living Weekly. She has received

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ships from

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, MacDowell, and Ohiana Library Association. Goldhagen published her first novel '' Family And Other Accidents'' () in 2006 to mostly positive reviews. Her second novel, '' In Some Other World, Maybe'' () was published by

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in January 2015. It was selected as an Elle Lettres 2015 Readers' Prize and received a starred Library Journal review. Her third novel, "100 Days of Cake" () published in 2016 by Atheneum was her first foray into

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External links

Shari Goldhagen home pageInterview with Shari Goldhagen
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