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Sean Ferrell

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Literature & Fiction, Children's, Science Fiction

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Philip K. Dick, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Camus, Roberto A ...more

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Sean Ferrell lives and works in New York City. He writes novels, middle grade sci-fi, and picture books.

His most recent work is The Sinister Secrets of Singe .

His novels include Man In The Empty Suit and Numb: A Novel.
His picture books are I Don't Like Koala and The Snurtch.

Sean has been published in several literary journals, including The Adirondack Review which awarded him the Fulton Prize for his short story "Building an Elephant." ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 5,241 ratings · 1,072 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Man in the Empty Suit 3.12 avg rating — 2,996 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	I Don't Like Koala by Sean Ferrell (Goodreads Author), Charles Santoso (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 1,144 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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 Snurtch by Sean Ferrell (Goodreads Author), Charles Santoso (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 2016 — 8 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
	Numb 3.38 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Home by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Abi Marie Palmer (Goodreads Author), Alanna Robertson-Webb 4.11 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	The Sinister Secrets of Singe by Sean Ferrell (Goodreads Author), Graham Carter (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Sinister Secrets of the Fabulous Nothings by Sean Ferrell (Goodreads Author), Graham Carter (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 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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Sinister Book Giveaway

Do you want to be the first to read a sweeping adventure series packed with robots, smugglers, battles?

Enter this @goodreads giveaway to win an advanced copy of THE SINSTER SECRETS OF SINGE!

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Series by Sean Ferrell

Sinister Secrets (2 books)
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Graham Carter (Goodreads Author) (illustrator)

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The Financial Lives of the Poets

by Jess Walter

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Generosity: An Enhancement

by Richard Powers

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The Parallax View (Short Circuits)

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“If we place the books randomly, how are they ever found again?'

She smiled. "The books just seem to know to go where they'll be found.”
― Sean Ferrell, Man in the Empty Suit

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“The future vibrated with uncertainty. I had failed. I had ignorance. I had hope.”
― Sean Ferrell, Man in the Empty Suit

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“Sometimes to discover a solution is to forget the problem.”
― Sean Ferrell, Man in the Empty Suit

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