This Peculiar Magic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530629756)

Jenny Kalahar was born in the state of Washington and she and her four older brothers were raised in Grass Lake, Michigan. She married Patrick, a used and rare bookseller, and they had open bookshops in Michigan and Ohio until moving to live and work in an old Indiana schoolhouse. They now sell books online and Patrick restores and repairs the tattered and torn volumes sent to him from around the country. They are both founding members of Last Stanza Poetry Association, and Jenny is on the board of Brick Street Poetry and the Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs. She is the author of two novels in her Turning Pages series - Shelve Under C: A Tale of Used Books and Cats, and its sequel, The Find of a Lifetime: Another Tale of Used Books and Cats. Both are based on experiences in their Ohio bookshop where they fostered cats from the local shelter, finding new homes for more than fifty cats over the years. She has also published a collection of nostalgic, funny and quirky poetry, One Mile North of Normal and Other Poems. When not selling books or writing, Jenny avoids doing housework; plays her piano moderately well; reads; walks their terrier, Weegee; pets their cats; plays the bells and vibraphone in a community band; and explores dusty flea markets and interesting antique shops.