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Matthew Dicks

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Matthew Dicks is the internationally bestselling author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, Unexpectedly, Milo, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, and the upcoming novels The Other Mother and Cardboard Knight, as well as the nonfiction Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Art of Storytelling. His novels have been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend was the 2014 Dolly Gray Award winner and was nominated for a 2017 Nutmeg Award in Connecticut. Matthew was also awarded first prize in 2016 and second prize in 2017 in the Magazine/Humorous Column category by the CT Society of Professional Journalists.

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Matthew Dicks It is! It's more than half written. Unfortunately, other books have muscled their way in front of the sequel. I just published a new novel last fall a…moreIt is! It's more than half written. Unfortunately, other books have muscled their way in front of the sequel. I just published a new novel last fall and am finishing the next book now. So yes, a sequel is in the works. I just can say when it will happen.(less)
Matthew Dicks I did! His name was Johnson Johnson. but I thought for a long time that he was real. You can read about him here:

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I did! His name was Johnson Johnson. but I thought for a long time that he was real. You can read about him here:

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I told this story to a student teacher on the playground one day, and she suggested that I make it the subject of my next book. I thought she was crazy, but my wife and agent loved the idea, so I grudgingly gave it a go.

So happy I did. (less)
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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

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Something Missing

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Twenty-one Truths About Love

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“Monstrous”

Regardless of your religious belief, the look on the face and the reaction of the interviewer as Stephen Fry answers his question:

“What would you say to God if you died and met him at the Pearly Gates?”

— is priceless.

Fry makes some good points, too.

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“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”
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“Monsters are bad things, but monsters that do not walk and talk like monsters are the worst.”
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❀Aimee❀ Just one more page... Hi! Thanks for the add!
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message 3: by Lee

Lee McD Oh that is a relief. I think someone is actually "shopping me". That is why I ask and what led me to your book.
Matthew wrote: "Lee wrote: "I wonder if you know someone that is like the character in your book? "

Many have asked this question, Lee, and though I secretly hope that someone uses the book as a formula, just to ..."


Lee wrote: "I wonder if you know someone that is like the character in your book? "




Matthew Dicks Lee wrote: "I wonder if you know someone that is like the character in your book? "

Many have asked this question, Lee, and though I secretly hope that someone uses the book as a formula, just to see if Martin's career and means of operation is possible, I do not know any criminals. At least none that I know are criminals.


message 1: by Lee

Lee McD I wonder if you know someone that is like the character in your book?


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