Holly Goldberg Sloan (2024)

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Holly Goldberg Sloan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and spent her childhood living in California, the Netherlands, Istanbul, Washington, DC, and Oregon (where she graduated from high school). She wrote the screenplay for Angels in the Outfield and directed The Big Green, as well as a number of other successful family feature films.

The mother of two sons, Holly lives with her husband (the writer/illustrator Gary Rosen) in Santa Monica, California. I'll Be There was her debut novel. Her next book, Counting By 7s, was Amazon's best novel of the year for middle grade. Her book Just Call My Name is a follow up to I'll Be There and takes place several months after the ending of the first novel.

Appleblossom the Possum was written by Sloan and

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Average rating: 4.09

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Counting by 7s

4.14 avg rating — 82,108 ratings — published 2013 — 60 editions

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To Night Owl from Dogfish
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Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author),

Meg Wolitzer


4.09 avg rating — 8,971 ratings — published 2019 — 23 editions

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I'll Be There

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Short

3.78 avg rating — 6,243 ratings — published 2017 — 22 editions

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The Elephant in the Room

4.20 avg rating — 3,096 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions

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Pieces of Blue

3.68 avg rating — 2,170 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions

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Just Call My Name (I'll Be There, #2)

3.85 avg rating — 1,647 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions

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Appleblossom the Possum
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Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author),

Gary A. Rosen (Illustrations)


3.83 avg rating — 1,612 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions

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Keeper (Dream Series)

3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions

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Counting by 7s

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I'll Be There (2 books)
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Hollyis now friends withAnnalie Gernert

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Hollyand2 other peoplelikedSusie Steiner's reviewofPieces of Blue:

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"I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It is full of family drama, second chance love, and even a mystery. I loved reading the story, not only from the perspective of Lindsey, the main character, but from her three children as well each of their voices was"Read more of this review »

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“The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence”
Holly Goldberg Sloan, Counting by 7s

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“When you care about other people, it takes the spotlight off your own drama.”
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“For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.”
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To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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The Lost Girl by Anne Ursu

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Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

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Right as Rain by Right as Rain

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Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger

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Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy (write-in)

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To night owl from dogfish (write-in)

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To Night Owl from Dogfish (write-in)

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The Lost Girl (write-in)

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“Dora sat on a corner of the spread rug, longing to be assigned some task so she could resent it.”
Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus

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message 2: by Angie

Sep 21, 2016 05:08PM


Hi Holly, i really like your books! I hope we can be following up on each other, i like your books so much i want to read any new ones, please send a message to me for new books, and just well a message anyway. Goodnight from where i am have a great day or sleep, whichever comes first, -Angie

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message 1: by Angie (last edited Sep 12, 2016 05:48PM)

Sep 12, 2016 05:47PM


Hi Holly,
Thanks for friend me! Love your books have a good night!

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