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Simbarashe

Goodreads Author

Website

http://simbarashe.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Influences

George Orwell, Gabril Garcia Marquez, Richard St.Ofle, Thom Yorke ...more

Member Since

February 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/simbarashe

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When Simbarashe was 2, he wanted to live next door to Elliott in E.T.
When he was 7, he made-believe that he was the star in all of his favourite films and a classmate named Kelly was his leading lady.
When he was 10, he got beat up a lot.
His 14th birthday was one of the most significant days of his life.
When he was 17, he completed his first full-length manuscript.
He wrote Veronasongs in its entirety at a computer lab in a community college in Brooklyn.
Warsongs, on the other hand, was an entire different animal.
He currently resides on New York's Upper West Side.
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Simbarashe's Blog: Keep the Hen Close . . .

Flew over the moon with a Radio Flyer

I was two years old when I discovered imagination, but I was eight when I discovered that imagination could be transformed into fiction.

To put this into literally context, I did cartwheels when these arrived via Amazon today. They've been out of print for over 15 years. These are books 1 and 3 (I'm still waiting for book 2) but I'm elated to have them. This is the series that inspired me convert

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Simbarashe’s books

Average rating: 4.61 · 18 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works

	Veronasongs (The Matadors, Book I) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Warsongs (The Matadors, Book II) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	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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