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Candice Montgomery

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Born

in Los Angeles, The United States

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Genre

Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance

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December 2012

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Candice Montgomery is an LA transplant now residing in Seattle. By night, she writes YA lit about Black teens across all their intersections. By day, she teaches ballet to teen boys and works in the land of sobriety and rehab. It is the goal of her stories to interrogate the spaces of race, love, the body, and sexuality, all while being a witness of life.
She is represented by Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

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	Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Randa Abdel-Fattah 4.21 avg rating — 4,799 ratings — published 2020	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 Grimoire of Grave Fates by Hanna Alkaf (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Margaret Owen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Preeti Chhibber (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 1,658 ratings — published 2023 — 9 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
	Out Now: Queer We Go Again! by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author), Eliot Schrefer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), C.B. Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.69 avg rating — 950 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
	Habibi: A Muslim Love Story Anthology by Hadeel al-Massari (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nyala Ali (Editor), Autumn Crossman (Contributor) 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018 — 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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Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)

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Candice’s Quotes

“I know
it’s stupid to not own a gun yet have

so many triggers, but in some other world
gigantic seashells hold humans

to their ears and listen to the echo
of machines.”
― Jeffrey McDaniel

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“When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.”
― Paula Danziger

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“I'll just love you whether you want me to or not.”
― Richelle Mead, The Indigo Spell

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“Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: dark, humour, joke, perspective, stories, writing

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“There's a gift in your lap and it's beautifully wrapped and it's not your birthday. You feel wonderful, you feel like somebody knows you're alive, you feel fear because it could be a bomb, because you think you're that important.”
― Aimee Bender, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt