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Kay Parker

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Born

in Nottinghamshire, The United Kingdom

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Science Fiction, Nonfiction, History

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Kay Parker is an independent SFF author & Historian from England.
She has been a long-time lover of the written word.
Kay loves to spend her free time reading all the historical, SFF and Star Wars novels, drinking all the tea, studying early modern to modern history and watching period dramas or comedies starring Melissa McCarthy.

Kay Parker also writes Women's history for Pen & Sword Books

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Average rating: 3.72 · 50 ratings · 22 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Whispering Woods 3.41 avg rating — 27 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
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	Sleeping with Her Demons (Silvashire County Trilogy 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 — 5 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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Funland: More fear than fun...

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NNBC - The Nordic Noir Book Club — 9 members — last activity Mar 11, 2020 09:34PM
A Mother-Daughter adventure into all the Nordic Noir, Scandi-Thriller and Scandi-Horror novels. We began our book club for just the two of us to spend ...more

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This is a group for those who participate in NetGalley.com to discuss the books that they have been reading from the website, share helpful hints, and ...more

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Welcome! Join us for our monthly group reads. We read Crime stories, Mysteries, & Thrillers. ...more

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We will be reading Star Wars books for foreseeable future. If that sounds good to you, join in!! There is always room for Star Wars fans in my book cl ...more

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If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more

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Harlequin Books is the global leader in series romance and one of the world's leading publishers of books for women. Our romances have it all: hopef ...more