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H.P. Holo grew up in a family where it was dangerous to profess boredom. She’s also an incorrigible smart aleck. So when her parents told her to read a dictionary, she did. And then she began writing novels they needed that dictionary to understand.

Her first published ode to smart aleckery was YA fantasy The Wizard’s Way (with Jacob Holo), which readers have called everything from “quirky and fun” to “a veritable love letter to steampunk fans” to “2 stars. A book.”

Between those milestones, H.P. has practiced varying degrees of smart and aleck. She briefly taught 8th Grade English Language arts before realizing she didn’t care to aspire to that level of sainthood. She thus left to work for her local library system, where she spent a decade a ...more

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	I Power Up With Every Monster Girl I Defeat (Monster Girl Tamer #1) by Edie Skye (Goodreads Author), H.P. Holo (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 109 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
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	Excess (Monster Punk Horizon #3) by Jacob Holo (Goodreads Author), H.P. Holo (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	I'm an Isekai Hero! Of Course I'm Fighting a Demon Lord (Monster Girl Tamer #2) by Edie Skye (Goodreads Author), H.P. Holo (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 33 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
	Slay Bells Ring - Operation Klaus (A Bayonet Books Anthology #6) by J.R. Handley (Goodreads Author), Nicholas R. Garber, Ben Wolf (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Monster Punk Horizon Box Set: Books 1-3 (Monster Punk Horizon, #1-3) by H.P. Holo (Goodreads Author), Jacob Holo (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2023 — 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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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
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