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Terry Kay



TERRY KAY, a 2006 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, is the author of The Book of Marie, recently released by Mercer University Press. Kay has been a sports writer and film/theater reviewer (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), a public relations executive, and a corporate officer. He is the author of nine other published novels, including To Dance with the White Dog, The Valley of Light, Taking Lottie Home, The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene, Shadow Song, The Runaway, Dark Thirty, After Eli, and The Year the Lights Came On, as well as a book of essays (Special K) and a childrens book (To Whom the Angel Spoke)." ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 10,026 ratings · 1,166 reviews · 58 distinct works • Similar authors
To Dance with the White Dog
4.26 avg rating — 5,996 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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The Valley of Light
3.98 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions
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Shadow Song
3.85 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1994 — 22 editions
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Taking Lottie Home
4.01 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions
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The Year the Lights Came on...
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4.05 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1976 — 16 editions
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The Runaway
4.04 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions
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The Book of Marie
4.24 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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The King Who Made Paper Flo...
4.17 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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The Kidnapping of Aaron Green
3.62 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions
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After Eli
3.83 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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“It is very painful to love someone and believe you cannot be with them.”
― Terry Kay, Shadow Song
tags: romance
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“Friendship among men is always part war, something learned from childhood.”
― Terry Kay
tags: friendship, men, song-of-the-vagabond-bird, war
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“Always there was a moment—a quick slip of time—when the sun broke free of the trees and bled from its yolk, spilling in red-orange rivers over the silk.”
― Terry Kay, To Dance with the White Dog
tags: sunlight, sunrise
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Topics Mentioning This Author

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Untreed Reads: Now In Ebook! Southern Writer Terry Kay’s THE YEAR THE LIGHTS CAME ON 1 2 Oct 22, 2012 01:34PM  
Untreed Reads: The Terry Kay Classic AFTER ELI Out Now on Ebook 1 1 Jan 29, 2013 03:20PM  
Untreed Reads: First Time In Ebook! Terry Kay’s THE KIDNAPPING OF AARON GREENE 1 1 Feb 13, 2013 02:23PM  
Untreed Reads: Post-War Southern Novel THE RUNAWAY by Terry Kay Now on Ebook 1 4 Mar 26, 2013 04:13PM  
Untreed Reads: Twists Upon Twists in Terry Kay's THE KIDNAPPING OF AARON GREENE 1 3 Jul 01, 2013 03:32PM  
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Untreed Reads: Terry Kay's AFTER ELI in Midwest Book Review 1 2 Apr 07, 2014 01:48PM  


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