M. J. Beaufrand grew up in Gresham, Oregon. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and has an MFA from the Bennington writing program. Beaufrand has taught creative writing to all ages from Lakeside Middle School to Bellevue College and is the author of The Rise and Fall of the Gallivanters and The River, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. She lives in Seattle.
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On Whidbey Island, the Gray quintuplets are the stuff of legend. Pixie and her brothers have always been bigger and blonder than their neighbors, as if they were birthed from the island itself. Together, they serve as an unofficial search-and-rescue team ... SEE MORE