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Kelsey Timmerman

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http://www.kelseytimmerman.com

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Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Travel

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I'm the author of "Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy" and "Where Am I Wearing: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes"

I've spent the night in Castle Dracula in Romania, gone undercover as an underwear buyer in Bangladesh, played PlayStation in Kosovo, taught an island village to play baseball in Honduras, and in another life, worked as a SCUBA instructor in Key West, Florida.

I live with my wife and two kids Muncie, IN, the hometown of Garfield.

I read a lot of nonfiction to inform my writing, but try to sneak in some fiction, from cowboys to space battles, to wizards when I can. I'm also really pumped to have an excuse to read kid lit now...kids.

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	Where am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes 3.48 avg rating — 987 ratings — published 2008 — 21 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
	Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy 3.76 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2013 — 16 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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	Regenerating Earth: Farmers Working with Nature to Feed Our Future 4.29 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
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The Best People Chorus on a Singular Stable Genius: A Warning in Their Own Words

((I compiled these quotes from Joint Chiefs, Cabinet members, Ambassadors, Lawyers, Senior staff members and just reordered them. I don’t think any of us would hire a dog walker who had such bad references. A lot of the quotes can be found here .)

It will always be, “Oh, yeah, you worked for the guy who tried to overtake the government.”

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Lost Mountain Pass (Trusty Dawson, U.S. Deputy Marshal #1)

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“The Mississinawa Valley High School class of 1997 voted me Best Dressed Guy. This isn’t something I usually share with people.”
― Kelsey Timmerman, Where am I Wearing?: A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes

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“The bottom line is that poverty needs to be abolished,” Tuomo says. “There needs to be more rural development, something for people to invest their money in.” “We are lucky,” I say. “We don’t have to support so many. Our governments have safety nets for us if we fall on hard times.” “Lucky? That could be a philosophical debate,” says Tuomo. “We may have these things, but our families aren’t as close. Which is better—family or financial freedom?”
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“Mama Ganache chocolate”
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