Ask the Author: A.M. Khalifa
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A.M. Khalifa
Lord of the Flies (William Golding) where I would save Piggy and show these boys that evil is not inevitable and teach them that love and compassion may not be our easiest default setting as human beings, but it’s when we are at our best.
A.M. Khalifa
Hi Dean. Thanks for reading and apologies for the delay.
1. Terminal Rage - a novel.
2. Paper Cut Hearts a collection of short stories.
In the pipeline, Terminal Deception. Out probably in 2024. Stay tuned here amkhalifa.com for a chance to advance read it.
1. Terminal Rage - a novel.
2. Paper Cut Hearts a collection of short stories.
In the pipeline, Terminal Deception. Out probably in 2024. Stay tuned here amkhalifa.com for a chance to advance read it.
A.M. Khalifa
I’ll do it in two words. Climate change.
A.M. Khalifa
Hi Ian. When I am in Australia I am based in Mosman. One of my favorite palaces in the whole world. Kids want to school there and some of our best memories were created in 2088. Terminal Deception is finally done, and I am hoping you will find a signed copy in a street corner library sometime in 2024. If not, I’ll hand deliver you one when we meet for a coffee at the Don Adan cafe where you can often find me loitering after picking up some avos from Harris Farm @ Bridgepoint. Thank you for reading. A.M. Khalifa, Rome - 2023
A.M. Khalifa
Dean, thank you for your kind words and for reading. I write the sort of books I enjoy reading, which do double duty of entertaining and whisking away, as well as exploring uncomfortable, difficult themes without preaching or pretending to know all the answers. The passion comes from the thrill and privilege of hearing from a wonderful reader like you who's read one of my stories, and was somehow touched by it.
Hope you managed to get some sleep eventually!
AMK
Hope you managed to get some sleep eventually!
AMK
A.M. Khalifa
1. Terminal Rage screenplay adaptation.
2. Terminal Deception, the novel.
3. Urth Cop, the novel.
4. Camel Wars, the novel.
5. The Bunker, the novel.
2. Terminal Deception, the novel.
3. Urth Cop, the novel.
4. Camel Wars, the novel.
5. The Bunker, the novel.
A.M. Khalifa
Writing is a legal drug.
A.M. Khalifa
Shrek and Donkey.
A.M. Khalifa
The birth of my first child. I was living in New York at the time when I got the idea for Terminal Rage. I was in the shower, to be precise, and had to rush out to jot down the main plot lines because the story was too good to risk losing.
Creatively, and because I travel a lot, I am very much influenced by places as seeds for my stories, and as characters unto themselves. Terminal Rage was inspired by Manhattan—not just living there, but the city itself and the lasting imprint of 9/11 on its identity. Being a daddy for the first time amplifies your emotional sensitivity, and if you’ve read Terminal Rage you will infer that fatherhood, and the lengths we would traverse to protect our loved ones, are key underlying themes. But fatherhood also prodded me in a more practical way—I felt older and had the sense that it was now or never.
Creatively, and because I travel a lot, I am very much influenced by places as seeds for my stories, and as characters unto themselves. Terminal Rage was inspired by Manhattan—not just living there, but the city itself and the lasting imprint of 9/11 on its identity. Being a daddy for the first time amplifies your emotional sensitivity, and if you’ve read Terminal Rage you will infer that fatherhood, and the lengths we would traverse to protect our loved ones, are key underlying themes. But fatherhood also prodded me in a more practical way—I felt older and had the sense that it was now or never.
A.M. Khalifa
Listen intently and heed constructive criticism, but filter out the negative, destructive feedback.
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