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David Khalaf

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in Orange County, CA, The United States

September 11

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Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction

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David Khalaf was born in Orange County, California. He studied journalism and creative writing at the University of Southern California, and wrote his first full novel, a futuristic social satire, right out of college. It's still sitting on a shelf somewhere. Don't go looking for it.

David's award-winning historical fantasy adventure series, The Burdens Adventure Series, grew out of David's interest in Los Angeles history and Hollywood during the Golden Age of film.

After nearly twenty years in Los Angeles, he came to know the city well, mostly after getting lost. He still gets lost sometimes. ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 312 ratings · 84 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage by David Khalaf (Goodreads Author), Constantino Khalaf (Goodreads Author), Rachel Held Evans (Foreword) 4.43 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Sixteen Burdens 4.10 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Houdini's Last Trick 4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — 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
	The Unknown Burden 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	Pancho Villa's Aztec Death Stone 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Story and Table: Discovering Hope and Healing in Evolving Christianity by Mike Roth, David Khalaf (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 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
	Story and Table by Mike Roth, David Khalaf (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 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

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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

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Turns Out She Is Actually Fertile But Her Ex-husband Was Defective

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Le Petit Nicolas

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“The queer Christian community is moving past apologetics, beyond having to justify our sexuality to the church or defend our faith to our secular LGBTQ friends. For so long our community has been focused on the issue of acceptance that we have, perhaps, become shortsighted about what lies beyond it. That is what we seek to explore in this book; lives and relationships as they break free from a history of hostility and emerge into an era of acceptance.”
― David Khalaf, Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage

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“The lesson for all of us is this: your authority to speak into someone's life is directly proportional to your investment in the relationship.”
― David Khalaf, Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage

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“What many people fail to understand is that coming out doesn't happen all at once. There is no gay correlation to a bar mitzvah or confirmation, in which you read the sacred texts of Oscar Wilde in front of friends and family and then receive a rainbow flag from Ellen DeGeneres, who drapes it about your shoulders as a disco band strikes up "I'm Coming Out.”
― David Khalaf, Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage

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