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Contact Information

Ways to contact Haemi Balgassi:

• E-mail: peacebound at gmail dot com
• Haemi Balgassi
  c/o Clarion Books
  a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint
  215 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10003

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© About This Site ©

This site is designed, hand-coded (using Notebook), written, and maintained by Haemi Balgassi. All rights reserved. Most of the graphics on this site were created by Haemi Balgassi and Adria Balgassi. Notable exceptions include artwork from Haemi's books (copyright Chris K. Soentpiet), orange tabby cat and the cartoon reader (both by Debbie Ridpath Ohi), photographs from friends and family, awards, book covers, and the following logos: Web Rings, The Rail, and club logos. This site is labeled with ICRA and SafeSurf as safe for all ages.

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Heartfelt Thanks Go To

Chris K. Soentpiet, for his exquisite artwork from Peacebound Trains and Tae's Sonata that enrich this site Lois June Wickstrom, for helping Haemi take her first steps on the Internet Cynthia Leitich Smith, for her valuable input on the content of the Peacebound Trains Press Release - and her tremendous support of Haemi's books Kristine O'Connell George, for inspiring Haemi to move this site to its present home Bettina Grahek, for her enthusiastic support of Haemi's books and website Debbi Michiko Florence, for nudging Haemi to start her blog Danny Rubalcaba and Jackie French Koller, for scanning photos for us in our pre-scanner days Debbie Ridpath Ohi, for the orange cat and cartoon reader graphics The many individuals and organizations that have recognized this site with awards and reviews

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