Susan GilbertCollins

Author, wife, mother of two, proud native of South Dakota

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It's the birthday of child prodigy novelist Barbara Newhall Follett, whose mysterious disappearance in 1939 has never been solved. https://t.co/w9OhARYtmE #disappearedtooyoung #BarbaraNewhallFollett #TheHouseWithoutWindows

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Sign this petition, in defense of our democracy! https://t.co/o75zDeTx0b

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

After a year that has tested us in unimaginable ways, we've seen how people from all walks of life have stepped up to create change to make things better. Here's to ringing in 2021 with optimism for what's to come and a belief that our best days are still ahead. Happy New Year!

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Happy birthday to science fiction/fantasy great Connie Willis! https://t.co/rbD7t0uqOb #ConnieWillis #susansalmanacproject

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

If President Trump doesn’t like Twitter, he can do everyone a favor and stop tweeting.

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@JLDelbourgo The Corner That Held Them, by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Very appropriate for this time of pandemic--but funny and so well-written, too!

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It's the birthday of the great living poet Charles Simic! https://t.co/V1f6heGNWi #CharlesSimic #SURREALISM #susansalmanacproject

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Another fictionalized diary entry, rife with thoughts of sensory deprivation tanks... https://t.co/AYlYZNn3PV #desperatelyseekingsensorydeprivation

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It's the birthday of the highly celebrated author/illustrator Peggy Bacon. https://t.co/yUFaEpZDs0 #PeggyBacon #susansalmanacproject

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It is once again the birthday of Jacques Futrelle, author of "The Problem of Cell 13" who went down with the Titanic! https://t.co/EfV4cnahOe #JacquesFutrelle

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It's the birthday of the great Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote such fairy tales as The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling and was himself a bit of an ugly duckling. https://t.co/sEneuiV6js #HansChristianAndersen #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of the great Flannery O'Connor! https://t.co/WKC4TSxVFl #FlanneryOConnor #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), brilliant mathematician and brilliant Egyptologist responsible for one of the most comprehensive works ever published on Egypt!
https://t.co/meVG4mXbBT #Fourier #susansalmanacproject

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If you're home and bored, read about one of the giants of American lit, John Updike, whose birthday is today! https://t.co/0rfU07r9T3 #JohnUpdike #susansalmanacproject #nobodyevercaughtCOVID19fromonlinereading

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It's the birthday of Mickey Spillane, who once said he wasn't interested in reading reviews, just royalty checks. (It worked out well for him.) https://t.co/tHgxpPY9os #MickeySpillane #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of one of today's most important authors, Colum McCann, whose novel Let the Great World Spin is said to be the first great 9/11 novel. https://t.co/JpMurYz8Jp #ColumMcCann #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of the remarkable Dorothy Canfield Fishers, who wrote oodles of books and did tons of good works and authored the fantastic children's novel, Understood Betsy!
https://t.co/6Nayt9ymio #DorothyCanfieldFisher #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of Sidney Sheldon, one of the bestselling authors of all time. https://t.co/AVXXr8GYzF #SidneySheldon #nicelonglife #susansalmanacproject

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It's the author of the fantastic children's book illustrator and author, Mark Teague--known for the Mrs. LaRue series and for illustrating How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? https://t.co/lIMRr0qosC #MarkTeague #susansalmanacproject

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It's the birthday of Christopher Marlowe, second to none (except Shakespeare) when it comes to blank verse drama and second to none (including Shakespeare) when it comes to dramatic life events! https://t.co/WFvOCcwbid #ChristopherMarlowe