Julie Kibler Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

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Julie Kibler
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Julie Kibler

Julie Kibler Biography

Julie Kibler is the author of Home for Erring and Outcast Girls and the bestselling Calling Me Home, which was an IndieNext List pick, Target Club Pick, and Ladies' Home Journal Book Club Pick, published in fifteen languages.

She has a bachelor's degree in English and journalism and a master's degree in library science and lives with her family, including four rescued dogs and cats, in Texas.

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    by Bryn Greenwood

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