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I' a stay-at-home mom of three and graduate student. I like to bake cookies and garden. When I have a free hour (not often with three kids) I like to grab a good book, a large vanilla latte, and head to the nail shop for a mani/pedi. Writing is my creative outlet, and I love the mental workout I get from contributing to Helium.

My passion is ...

my kids

I know too much about ...

useless facts

My parents always told me ...

wear clean underwear

My childhood ambition ...

to be an astronaut

My favorite memory ...

can't remember

Why I write ...

because I have to

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Heroes

My first job ...

camp counselor

My best moment ...

is yet to come

My inspiration ...

my family

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown

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First published in 2000, Angels and Demons is the exciting prequel to Dan Brown's best-known work to date, The Da Vinci Code. Angels and Demons features Robert Langdon, hero of The Da Vinci Code and renowned doctor of religious symbology, on a fast-paced trip around Rome solving a centuries-old Illuminati code in order to prevent the group's ultimate triumph over organized religion: a ticking time-bomb of anti-matter poised to blow up Rome. Like many readers, I read The Da Vinci Code before ever hearing of Angels and Demons. I loved The Da Vinci Code for its well-laid trail of conspiracy a...

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