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Gloria Lesher

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Born

Scott City, Kansas, The United States

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https://glorialesher.com/

Genre

Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense

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Dean Koontz, Anne Rice, Michael Crichton, Victoria Holt

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January 2019

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An award-winning business writer and ghostwriter, “indie” author Gloria Lesher is published both traditionally and independently. Her supernatural thriller, L’incantesimo Della Sciamana (SPELL OF THE SHAMAN), was published in Italy in 1997 by RCS Libri under her maiden name, Gloria Cook.

Lesher is the author of two independently-published paranormal cozy mysteries: THE SKINNY ON THE JINNI (2021), and IN A BLACK MONK FUNK (2021).

Her fascination with all things preternatural began in the Land of Enchantment—New Mexico. She spent her early grade school years in Roswell, renowned site of a 1947 UFO crash with dead aliens. Gloria earned her master’s degree in English from the University of Northern Colorado. She lives in Aurora, Colorado, with ...more

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What My Dad Saw While in a Coma

My father’s reluctance to talk about a taboo subject:
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As the author of paranormal cozy mysteries, I have created a “Miss Marple” type fictional character named Blythe Golightly. Like Agatha Christie’s famous sleuth, my “Blythe” character is an elderly woman who lives alone in a small town and solves whodunits.

But Blythe’s real passion is researching su

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	The Skinny on the Jinni (Paranormal Case Files #1) 3.89 avg rating — 35 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
	In a Black Monk Funk (Paranormal Case Files #2) 4.57 avg rating — 14 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
	L'incantesimo della sciamana by Gloria Cook, Alessandra De Vizzi (translator), Gloria Lesher (Goodreads Author) 2.83 avg rating — 6 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
	I Don't Believe in Hocus Pocus by Crockett Trotter, Gloria Lesher (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	In a Black Monk Funk: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Paranormal Case Files) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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The Caregiver's Financial Blueprint: Aging in Place, Saving Money, and Earning Extra Income

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Gloria Lesher liked a quote “Our normal waking consciousness . . . is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus and at a touch they are all there in all their completeness . . . No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite disregarded.” William James
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In Tibetan Buddhism, a lama is someone who has attained such a high level of spirituality it makes them qualified to guide others. Once you understand this, you may begin to decipher the author’s baffling title to his independently published travel/s ...more
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Gloria Lesher and 2 other people liked Falsalama's review of Falsa Lama & My Root Goat: "a cult classic in the making.  A wild, tender travel memoir that threads the backstreets of Delhi to the high passes of Tibet, it weaves Buddhist teachings, dirty laundry, and a cracked-open heart bare beneath Himalayan skies. What begins as a shaggy d" Read more of this review »
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Author Cleveland Oakes cherishes both real-life and fictional heroes. That’s me, as well. He identifies with the Vulcan philosophy of Star Trek’s Spock, a worldview that the author says aligns with a core principle of Rational Emotive Behavior Therap ...more
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“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

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“Our normal waking consciousness . . . is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. We may go through life without suspecting their existence; but apply the requisite stimulus and at a touch they are all there in all their completeness . . . No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite disregarded.”
― William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience

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