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Author Maggie O’Brien Takes the Road Less Traveled

August 17, 2026
Over a decade ago, on a college campus nestled near the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Maggie O’Brien arrived at Professor Kathy Giuffre’s office with a bold plan. O’Brien, now an artist, business owner and author, wanted to design her own major. According to…
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The Belmont Resident Who Took up Writing at 61

July 12, 2024
Greg Stone always wanted to be a writer; it just took him a while to get around to it. After he ended up in the intensive care unit with complications from his back surgery in 2019, it occurred to him that every…

Author Grace Lin: ‘A Book Can Show You The World’

May 20, 2024
Author Grace Lin: ‘A Book Can Show You The World’ Julie M. Cohen, Belmont Voice correspondent Samantha Huang, 14, said author/illustrator Grace Lin’s books truly resonated with her after she realized “those characters [in her stories] looked like me.” The award-winning children’s…
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Sisters Write about Pre-Internet Childhood in New Book

February 19, 2024
Greta Gafin, Belmont Voice correspondent Longtime Belmont resident Marlene Fereshetian and her sister, Sossi Manoukian, had long dreamed of writing a book together. “We had talked about it for many years,” said Fereshetian. Starting in 2020, as the world shut down because…
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