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Ken Janisch

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Born

in Minneapolis, The United States

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Genre

Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels

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Helprin, Steinbeck, Moorcock, Shakespeare, vonnegut, and so many more

Member Since

August 2017

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Ken Janisch was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At age six months he was adopted into the Janisch family, joining two brothers and a sister. Later his parents adopted a girl, completing their family at five children. Ken’s family moved to Mounds Park, St. Paul, where he lived until he was just past eleven. When Ken was nearly twelve, his parents bought a fishing resort and moved their three youngest children to Northwest Ontario. Ken’s two oldest siblings remained in Minnesota enrolled in college. Ken spent his formative teen years (12-18) in Northwest Ontario, after which he moved back to St. Paul, Minnesota, and later to Colorado where he graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Ken has always been an ...more

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Ken Janisch's Blog: Winter Canvas

Thanks to the 50th birthday girl!

I'd like to thank Louisa (from England) and Rachel. They sat at the bar I work at a week or so ago (Sorry, sick baby and my own allergies have kept me out for a bit) and after we talked and they discovered that I had written two books, they immediately purchased 4 copies right there and said they would give them to their kids AND forward me to all their friends on Goodreads! That was so nice and I Read more of this blog post »

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In Sunlight And In Shadow: A Literary Epic Where Romance Collides with Danger in Post-War New York

by Mark Helprin

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Istanbul Passage

by Joseph Kanon (Goodreads Author)

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Freddy and Fredericka

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“We're all just a bunch of yahoos”
― Ken Janisch, The Jewels of Rislingaard (Book one: Longmeadow's Rarely Used, Nearly Forgotten, and Generally Unnecessary Knowledge and Facts

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“He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.”
― Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

tags: beauty, horse, innocence, truth

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“Then occurred a rare thing about which men and women sometimes dream. They carried on a full conversation in complete silence, discerning feelings, plans, exclamations, jokes, opinions, laughter, and dreams- rapidly, silently, inexplicably.”
― Mark Helprin

tags: inspirational-quotes

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“I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: atheism, expectation, humanism, humanist, morality, reward, secular-morality

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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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