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WHO IS REBECCA YARROS?

But first, about doings in the world today.

So on to the topic of the day, I was thumbing through the Sunday paper yesterday and noticed that someone named Rebecca Yarros had the top three spots on the New York Times bestselling book list.  Who is she?

  • A 43-year old romantasy author whose family moved frequently, as both her parents were lieutenant colonels.
  • Met Jason Yarros at a karaoke bar in 2020 and they got married in 2002.  
    • They now live in Colorado with 6 children, a kitten, two chinchillas and English bulldogs.
    • Their first child, a daughter, was adopted, and is non verbal on the autism spectrum.
  • Rebecca has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, as do her sons.
  • Co-founded nonprofit OneOctober in 2019 to improve the lives of children in the foster system.
  • Has published 21 novels in 10 years.
    • Five Flight and Glory series, the first in 2014 about the military.
    • Two in Luv books.
    • Three Renegades trilogy.
    • Three Legacy series.
    • Several stand-alone novels.
    • Three in her Empyrean series, and these three are the ones currently 1, 2 and 3 on the New York Times bestseller list.

  • As I write this, she has sold more 55 million books globally, 12 million just in the past two years, and 2.7 million of her latest, Onyx Storm, in the first week of publication.

Want to waste 9 minutes and 27 seconds of your life?  Watch a video of President Donald Trump on Air Force One heading toward New Orleans.  Here, only 46 seconds of Trump in the Superdome.  Yes, Trump had a good day at Super Bowl 59.  With all he has done to discombobulate the USA and World, he remains popular.

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