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Missing Dee

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Dee and I at the South Carolina Book Festival in May I have returned to the blog with a heavy heart.  Dee Stewart, also known as Miranda Parker, passed away on Friday. I got a chance to meet her twice.  The first time was last year at the National Book Club Conference , where my friends and I met her at the chocolate social.   Her first book had just been released and she was giving out chocolate cupcakes.  She was very nice and took the time to talk to us. After NBCC, we stayed in contact via Facebook and Twitter. When she announced that she was going to be in Columbia for the South Carolina Book Festival , I told her that I would make sure that I would make an effort to see her.  At the festival, she was a part of a new authors panel and even discussed her upcoming book , which was about to be released at the time.  We got a chance to talk afterwards and she was grateful that I attended her panel and signing. We still communicated on social media after that, but I di