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Chris Keane

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in Freehold, NJ, The United States

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Mystery, Suspense, Young Adult

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Steven King, Mark Edwards, Alice Sebold, Tana French, Jennifer McMahon

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Chris is a graduate of Rutgers University and studied the art of storytelling at Gotham Writers' Workshop in New York City.

Chris' first publication, "Loot," became a bestselling Kindle Short Read, in the category of Young Adult Fiction. "Loot," set on Halloween in 1977, tells the tale of three boys who skip Halloween to hunt for cash to purchase an Atari in an old farmhouse belonging to one of their deceased aunts. Adventure ensues in his coming-of-age tale in the spirit of Stand by Me and The Goonies!

In addition to authoring prose, Chris is a screenwriter. In 2013 he wrote the screenplay for a short film, The Baseball Card, about three twelve-year old boys who fight over a Don Mattingly baseball card during the summer of 1984. The Basebal ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 158 ratings · 45 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Family Circus: Daily and Sunday Comics, Vol. 1: 1960-1961 by Bil Keane, Scott Dunbier (Editor), Dean Mullaney (Designer) 4.24 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2009	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
	Loot 3.63 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015	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
	The Family Circus: Daily and Sunday Comics, Vol. 2: 1962-1963 by Bil Keane, Scott Dunbier (Editor), Dean Mullaney (Designer) 4.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 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

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Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years, #2)

by Gregory Maguire

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13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do: Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success

by Amy Morin (Goodreads Author)

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Touching Spirit Bear

by Ben Mikaelsen

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“You don't have to change yourself at all to be a writer. It's come as you are.”
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“For a story to be good it has to be in some way your own.”
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