{"id":1746,"date":"2019-02-19T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vickieswan.ca\/?page_id=1746"},"modified":"2021-07-21T23:38:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T23:38:16","slug":"home-author-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vickie.local\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row color_skin=&#8221;skin-dark&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1626910632417{background-image: url(http:\/\/vickie.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/aubg.jpg?id=1769) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][gsf_space desktop=&#8221;177&#8243; tablet=&#8221;111&#8243; tablet_portrait=&#8221;111&#8243; mobile_landscape=&#8221;111&#8243; mobile=&#8221;111&#8243;][gsf_heading title=&#8221;Vmlja2llJTIwU3dhbg==&#8221; title_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;100|80|60|48|40&#8243; sub_title_font_size=&#8221;18&#8243; el_class=&#8221;heading-border-bottom,mg-bottom-25&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;mg-bottom-50&#8243;]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"author-jobs\">\n<li>Author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-3 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8 vc_col-sm-offset-1&#8243;][gsf_space desktop=&#8221;20&#8243; tablet=&#8221;80&#8243; tablet_portrait=&#8221;70&#8243; mobile_landscape=&#8221;60&#8243; mobile=&#8221;60&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-md-10&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"gsf-dropcap-default primary-font dropcap-white fs-15\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Vickie Swan\u2019s unique style of writing takes viewers down a path of unknown filled with twists and turns. 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