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Her next novel <i>The Matter of Grace</i> was published in May 2002 and will be re-released in a mass market version in May 2004, and her third, <i>When You Go Away</i>, came out April 1, 2003. Her fourth, <i>One Small Thing</i>, will be published April 2004, and she recently sold her fifth, <i>The Sofie Letters</i>, for publication in 2005. She is a 2002 recipient of the CAC Artist’s Fellowship in Literature. Inclán teaches composition, creative writing, mythology, and women’s literature at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and on-line creative writing courses for UCLA extension. She has studied with Sharon Olds, Anne Lamott, Kate Braverman, Grace Paley, Marjorie Sandor, and Cristina Garcia. Her short stories and poems have appeared in <i>Rockhurst Review, Hotwired, The Salt Hill Journal, Free Lunch</i>, <i>The West Wind Review, The Prairie Star, Gargoyle</i> and many other journals and newspapers. Her short story <i>Open Eyes</i> was given first prize by Sandra Cisneros for <i>El Andar</i> magazine's 2000 writing contest. She co-edited a women’s literature/studies textbook <i>Diverse Voices of Women</i> (Mayfield Publishing, 1995). Ms. Inclán has degrees in sociology and English literature from CSU Stanislaus and a Master’s degree in English literature from SFSU. Ms. Inclán lives in Orinda, California with her husband and two sons and is currently at work on her next novel.<br> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#E4BA80" height="60"> <p align="center">   </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#7885B9" height="60"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" color="#FFFFFF" size="4">JESSICA'S FOURTH NOVEL</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" bordercolor="#7885B9"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="618" height="149" background="images/OST_Back_Top.JPG"> <p align="center">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="718"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="480" valign="top" background="images/OST_Back_Left.JPG"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" color="#445991" size="1"><br> </font> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" color="#445991" size="4">A</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#445991">t twenty-eight, Avery Taconi has everything in life planned out—and everything is falling right into place. She has the career of her dreams, a husband she adores, and a beautiful suburban California home. She has all she ever wanted except for one small thing…a baby. And after two years of unsuccessful fertility treatments, hope is running thin.<br> <br> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" color="#445991" size="4">T</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#445991">hen her husband, Dan, discovers he has a ten-year-old son he never knew about. With the boy’s mother now deceased, Dan is the new rightful guardian. He’s anxious to bring his son into their life. But for Avery, this child is a constant reminder of her own inability to conceive—and of Dan’s secret past, a sordid life she knew nothing about until now. This is not the man she fell in love with. And this is not a part of the life she’s mapped out. Only when Avery is able to open her heart to all of life’s possibilities will she truly appreciate her imperfect, unexpected family for what it truly is: a perfect blessing.<br> </font><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#E2AA77"><a href="excerpt_ost.htm"><b>Click Here to Read a Preview Excerpt from "One Small Thing"<br> <br> </b></a></font> </td> <td width="3" background="images/OST_Back_Middle_3.JPG"> <p>   </p> </td> <td width="135" valign="top" background="images/OST_Back_Right.JPG"> <p align="center"><a href="images/One_Small_Thing_600_new.JPG" target="_blank"><br> <font size="4"><img border="1" src="images/One_Small_Thing_200_b.JPG" alt="One Small Thing" width="135" height="200"><br> </font> </a> <font color="#AC0231" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" size="2"><b>TO BE RELEASED:</b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans serif" size="2"><b><br> <font color="#AC0231">APRIL 6, 2004<br> </font></b></font><font size="4"> <script language="JavaScript"> 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