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- ↑ "BC Book Prizes: Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize". BC Book Prizes. 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
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- ↑ Never Sleep with a Suspect on Gabriola Island. WorldCat. OCLC 305104485 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ↑ Always Kiss the Corpse on Whidbey Island. WorldCat. OCLC 1036057052 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ↑ Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island. WorldCat. OCLC 935755909 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ↑ Always Love a Villain on San Juan Island. WorldCat. OCLC 833553361 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.
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