title: "The Book of Nice" color edition (Sassafras Tales)
author: Kate Brown
description: I am Kate Brown, the writer. I live in the woods of Tennessee, where the wonders of nature inspire me to create these magical Sassafras Tales. The stories are full of fun and adventure that always end up with the characters doing the right thing. Even though some of the characters are greedy, selfish, and mean, kindness prevails. Skeetle-The-Beetle, Duke-The-Chameleon, Queeny-The-Mouse, Hezzra-The-Centipede, and Winter-The-Black-Widow learn the value of forgiveness and kindness.
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  # About the Author
  
  
  
  
  
  Kate grew up in a small seaside town, where she spent her formative years
  being most strongly influenced by the unlikely combo of George Orwell,
  Victoria Wood and _Smash Hits_. She studied Writing and Publishing at
  university before spending over a decade working in film, mostly in New York,
  where she also dabbled in stand-up comedy. In 2011 she was part of the second
  Curtis Brown Creative novel-writing course; a short story anthology written by
  that group, _The Book of Unwritten Rules_ , was published in 2016.
  
  
  Kate currently lives in Brighton, a seaside lass once again. _Purple People_
  is her first novel.
  
  
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  With grateful thanks to Jane Bedwell-Mortishire, who helped make this book
  happen.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Purple People
  
  
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  This edition first published in 202