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Breath and Bones

A Novel

by Susann Cokal

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Breath and Bones by Susann Cokal
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    May 2005, 416 pages

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    May 2006, 400 pages

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Susann Cokal has lived in various locations in the United States and in Poitiers, France, where she found the inspiration for Mirabilis, her first novel. She earned her Ph.D. in Creative Writing from SUNY-Binghamton and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UC-Berkeley.  She lives in Richmond, Virginia, where she teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University.

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