{"id":2,"date":"2010-11-07T00:42:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T00:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp\/\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-02-13T15:10:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T23:10:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhiannonheld.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1086 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?w=200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rhiannonheld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/R-Held-headshot-2019.jpg?resize=1320%2C1760&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>Rhiannon Held is the author of the <em>Silver <\/em>series of urban fantasy novels. 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