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Dusti bowling holds a bachelor of psychology and a master of education, but. The day we met, her selfpublished novel for young adults, has sold over 20,000 copies. Insignificant events in the life of a cactus volume 1. I dont talk about it much because those books are in a different genre from my current release, which is middle grade. Dusti currently lives in new river, arizona with her husband, three daughters, a dozen tarantulas, a gopher snake named burrito, a king snake name death noodle, and a cockatiel named gandalf the grey. Dusti bowling books list of books by author dusti bowling.
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