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Sean Beaudoin is the author of five Young Adult novels, including the rude zombie love story The Infects, and the black comedy rock and roll love story Wise Young Fool. Sean likes love stories almost as much as he loves to talk about himself in the third person. Welcome Thieves is a short story collection that will be out March '16 with Algonquin Press. ...more

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Sean Beaudoin I've never had writer's block. It's kinda like lactose intolerance, something I vaguely suspect is all a ruse. I have Not Enough Time Block.…moreI've never had writer's block. It's kinda like lactose intolerance, something I vaguely suspect is all a ruse. I have Not Enough Time Block.(less)
Sean Beaudoin Read all the time. Practice every day just like you were learning to play the saxophone. Write lots of stuff you never intend to show anyone or try to…moreRead all the time. Practice every day just like you were learning to play the saxophone. Write lots of stuff you never intend to show anyone or try to have published. Not everything needs to be gold. Sometimes you just need to burn off some sulfur. Pay no attention to the success of others. Don't worry about social media. Just write. (less)
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The Infects

3.48 avg rating — 1,232 ratings — published 2012 — 14 editions
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You Killed Wesley Payne

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Wise Young Fool

3.78 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
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Fade to Blue

3.13 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions
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Going Nowhere Faster

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Welcome Thieves: Stories

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A ragtag collection of challenging, off-the-wall, brilliant tales.

Two stories into Sean Beaudoin’s Welcome Thieves, I strongly considered putting the collection down. Chalk it up my own literary closed-mindedness or what I had for dinner that night. Forever the stubborn reader, I pushed through — my insistence to finish every book I start outweighing my Read more of this blog post »
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“Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.”
Sean Beaudoin, You Killed Wesley Payne

“Finding out what people don’t want you to know may be the scariest, most addictive thing of all.”
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“How do you learn to write? You sit your ass down in a chair, in front of a laptop, for ten years. Period.”
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