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Kim Wright

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in Charlotte, The United States

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Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction

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When I was a kid I was so obsessed with books I used to check out four at a time from the library - that was the limit in the small NC town where I was raised - then walk down the street, sit under a tree, and read them as fast a I could so I could go back to get four more.

Now I am the author of Love in Mid Air, The Unexpected Waltz, The Canterbury Sisters, and the most recent, Last Ride to Graceland, all published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster.

I also write the City of Mystery series which includes City of Darkness, City of Light, City of Silence, City of Bells, City of Stone, and the Christmas-themed novella, The Angel of Hever Castle. This series is set in the Victorian era and deals with another of my obsessions, t ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 7,593 ratings · 1,384 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Canterbury Sisters 3.70 avg rating — 2,026 ratings — published 2015 — 15 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
	Last Ride to Graceland 3.85 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	Love in Mid Air 3.27 avg rating — 1,167 ratings — published 2010 — 19 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
	The Unexpected Waltz 3.42 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 2014 — 12 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
	City of Darkness (City of Mystery, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	City of Light (City of Mystery, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	City of Silence (City of Mystery #3) 3.86 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	City of Bells (City of Mystery #4) 4.06 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Angel of Hever Castle (City of Mystery, #4.5) 3.85 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2013 — 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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“It is not hard to fool people when they do not want to know the truth.”
― Kim Wright, City of Light

tags: fool, truth

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“In novels, women run off with their lovers. In real life, women stay.”
― Kim Wright, Love in Mid Air

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“Falling in love slowly is like awakening one morning to find that the sun has risen in the west.”
― Kim Wright, City of Silence

tags: falling-in-love, love

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Kim’s Quotes

“In novels, women run off with their lovers. In real life, women stay.”
― Kim Wright, Love in Mid Air

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“It's funny. Writing is a solitary task, but in order to succeed at it, you need other people.”
― Kim Wright

tags: networking, writing

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“And despite it all, he has never been able to abandon hope that his betters will someday notice him. Will someday accept him as one of their own.

It is the failing of his lifetime.”
― Kim Wright, City of Darkness

tags: abandoned-hope, failings

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“If Anthony Weaver knew anything, it was this: That life and love and country and duty…that all of these things faded in time. They came and went with the impartial cruelty of the Indian sun. But sin and sin alone is eternal.”
― Kim Wright, City of Bells

tags: sin

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“For men rise or fall based entirely on what the women in their lives demand of them.”
― Kim Wright, City of Bells