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Ken O'Neill

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http://www.kenoneillauthor.com

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Literature & Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Romance

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August 2009

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The Marrying Kind won The Rainbow Award for best debut 2012. IT won a silver medal at the 2013 Independent Publisher Awards (The IPPY). It was a finalist for the 2013 International Book Awards (LGBT Fiction). The Marrying Kind was also included on Smart Bitches Trashy Books list of three favorite books of 2012.

Ken Lives in NYC with his husband and their two cats and is at work on his third novel.

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“Have you noticed how Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen look nothing alike, and yet they both manage to look exactly like their father, Martin?”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: comic-novel, equality, fiction, humor

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“The whiter the bread, the quicker you're dead. Stick with barley and spelt.”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: humor, humor-books

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“The last time I was this confused I was watching a Fassbinder film.”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: comic-novel, humor, humorous-book, marriage, marriage-equality

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Ken’s Quotes

“The whiter the bread, the quicker you're dead. Stick with barley and spelt.”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: humor, humor-books

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“The last time I was this confused I was watching a Fassbinder film.”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: comic-novel, humor, humorous-book, marriage, marriage-equality

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“Have you noticed how Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen look nothing alike, and yet they both manage to look exactly like their father, Martin?”
― Ken O'Neill, The Marrying Kind

tags: comic-novel, equality, fiction, humor

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“Why do Jesus and Mary only appear on Mexican food? Huh? Answer me that? Nobody ever sees the face of God in a California roll.”
― Ken O'Neill

tags: comic-novel, humor

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