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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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Average rating: 3.5 · 3,970 ratings · 800 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Infects 3.48 avg rating — 1,232 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	You Killed Wesley Payne 3.38 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Wise Young Fool 3.78 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Fade to Blue 3.13 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2009 — 11 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
	Going Nowhere Faster 3.48 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 2008 — 11 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
	Welcome Thieves: Stories 3.51 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016 — 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
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	Angels, Vampires, and Zombies: Exclusive Candlewick Press Sampler really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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	[( Fade to Blue )] [by: Sean Beaudoin] [Mar-2011] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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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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Altitude Sickness

by Litsa Dremousis (Goodreads Author)

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Epitaph of a Small Winner

by Machado de Assis

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Hitch 22: A Memoir

by Christopher Hitchens

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“Being comfortable with who you are is the ultimate threat.”
― Sean Beaudoin, You Killed Wesley Payne

tags: self-confidence

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“Finding out what people don’t want you to know may be the scariest, most addictive thing of all.”
― Sean Beaudoin, You Killed Wesley Payne

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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.”
― Sean Beaudoin

tags: diligence, how-to, writing

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