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K.L. Hallam

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in Topeka, Kansas , The United States

August 20

Website

http://www.karenleehallam.com/

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Young Adult, Suspense, Contemporary

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January 2011

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K.L. Hallam writes MG, YA, and NA. Short Stories, Novels, Speculative, Fantasy, and Suspense.

A member of ITW, SCBWI, a singer/songwriter, and an illustrator.

She lives with her hubby, two sons, and a dog, in New York City.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 98 ratings · 27 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Unmoving Sky 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Dimensions #19 by Neil A. Hogan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author), Robert M. Walton (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Dimensions #16 - 2nd Anniversary by Neil A. Hogan (Goodreads Author), Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author), Robert N. Stephenson 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy Short Stories Anthology Series Book One by Neil A. Hogan (Goodreads Author), Patrick S. Baker, Isaac Teile 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glitch it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visions of Death: The Music Department Murders really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Dimensions #13 - 1st Anniversary by Neil A. Hogan (Goodreads Author), Alison McBain (Goodreads Author), K.L. Hallam (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Summer, 1935, Ruby St. Claire is a rising star of the Weston Music School Department with her swinging quartet. Next stop, the Roseland Ballroom Competition. After taking a break from helping the police find murder suspects with her extra sensory vision, the images of death have returned. Girls from school

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Middlemarch

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Closet Full of Time and Other Dark Tales: (Short Story Collection)

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K.L.’s Quotes

“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
― David Hockney

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“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Berthold Auerbach

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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
― Abigail Van Buren

tags: character, life, wisdom

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“A book is kind of like a good Horcrux, if we can imagine that -- a piece of the writer's soul, preserved in a physical object for all time, and changing the lives of all those who come in contact with it.”
― Cheryl B. Klein, Second Sight: An Editor's Talks on Writing, Revising, and Publishing Books for Children and Young Adults

tags: inspirational, writing

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