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W.A. Kelly

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Website

https://www.waynekellywrites.com

Twitter

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Genre

Crime, Fiction, Thriller

Influences

SA Cosby, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Don Winslow, Mick Herron, I ...more

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July 2009

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Wayne Kelly is a screenwriter and novelist. His debut crime novel, SAFE HANDS, is released in November 2023.

In addition to novels and short stories, he’s written and directed several short films including INKLING, which was an official selection at the International HorrorHound Film Festival in Ohio. He is producer of the award-winning feature-length documentary, NO FARE: The Sian Green Story.

Since 2014 he’s hosted The Joined Up Writing Podcast, where he interviews successful authors about their books, writing and journeys to publication.
With his limited spare time, he’s a singer-songwriter with The Wry Dogs and devoted cat father to Milo. He loves to cycle around the beautiful Leicestershire countryside, where he lives with his wife and d ...more

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Average rating: 4.61 · 56 ratings · 29 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Safe Hands (Mickey Blake #1) 4.59 avg rating — 44 ratings — 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 Call Back (Mickey Blake #2) 4.67 avg rating — 12 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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W.A. Kelly rated a book really liked it Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)	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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W.A. Kelly made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — My Book Attributed to Wrong Author topic " Hi, This is the 2nd book in my Mickey Blake Thriller series but has been attached to another author with the same name. Can you please amend accordingl ...more "
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