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Deanna R. Adams

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in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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Deanna R. Adams is author of both fiction and nonfiction works. She is a speaker, instructor, and award-winning essayist. Her first book, Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection (Kent State University Press, 2002), was named a finalist for the Ohioana Award for nonfiction, and the ARSC Award (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) for excellence in research.
Other books are Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl, Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Roots, Cleveland's Rock and Roll Venues, and novels, Peggy Sue Got Pregnant, Scoundrels & Dreamers, and The Truth about Justyce (May, 2020). Adams also contributed an article on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum for the 2007 Encyclopedia of the Midwest.
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	Peggy Sue Got Pregnant 4.31 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scoundrels and Dreamers 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock 'N' Roll and the Cleveland Connection 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writer's GPS: A Guide to Writing & Selling Your Book really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleveland's Rock and Roll Roots 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth about Justyce (Rock and Roll Love Story, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place We Belong 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cleveland's Rock and Roll Venues by Deanna R. Adams (Goodreads Author), Janet Macoska (Foreword) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hello fellow writers! Well, this is my first “Blog Hop,” where you answer four questions on writing, then tag two other writers to continue on. Thank you, Vicki Pinder, for tagging me today. You can see her cool website at http://www.victoriapinder.com.
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As some of you know, I refer to myself as a “trans-genre” ;-) because after some 20 years as a professional nonfiction writer (I am

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