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Nora Olsen

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in New York, NY, The United States

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Young Adult, Gay & Lesbian, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Nora Olsen's debut novel, The End: Five Queer Kids Save The World, was published by Prizm Books in December 2010. It's the story of five LGBTQ teens who must travel through time to avert a nuclear war. Olsen's second novel, Swans & Klons, was published Bold Strokes Books' Soliloquy imprint in May 2013 and is a dystopian YA novel about two girls who fall in love as they join the struggle to free enslaved clones. Frenemy of the People (2014) is the story of two girls who hate each other... until they fall in love. Maxine Wore Black (2014) is a queer and trans YA homage to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. ...more

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	Frenemy of the People 3.31 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Swans and Klons 2.85 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Heiresses of Russ 2011 by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steve Berman (Editor), Jewelle Gomez 4.08 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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 End:: Five Queer Kids Save the World 3.32 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Maxine Wore Black 3.41 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2014 — 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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I’m seeing a lot of shade for this book. Did you know Lois Lowry is 89 years old? I’d like to see you try to write a coherent, readable dystopian novel for children when you’re 89 years old, like she has done. Go ahead, I’ll wait! LL hit it out of th ...more
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
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“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.”
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