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Melissa Keil

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Melissa Keil was born in Melbourne, Australia, and has been a giant book nerd for as long as she can remember. She studied Cinema and Anthropology at university, and then spent a few years dabbling in graduate study, including Professional Writing and Editing. In between she has been a high school teacher, Middle Eastern tour guide, waitress, community theatre dogsbody, and IT help desk person. Now, by day, she is a children’s book editor, and spends the rest of her time watching Star Wars content and wrangling a cheeky spoodle named Hugo. Her debut YA novel, Life in Outer Space, was the winner of the 2013 Ampersand Project and the 2014 Ena Noël award. Her subsequent YA novels, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl and The Secret Scien ...more

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Melissa Keil Hi there, thanks for the question! It's a tricky one to answer, as I'm not exactly working on a sequel to Life in Outer Space, but I am also not quite…moreHi there, thanks for the question! It's a tricky one to answer, as I'm not exactly working on a sequel to Life in Outer Space, but I am also not quite finished with these characters as yet. Stay tuned : )(less)
Melissa Keil Thank you so much! My second YA novel, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, is out now. The next book is underway, but it's going to take me so…moreThank you so much! My second YA novel, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl, is out now. The next book is underway, but it's going to take me some time! Hope you enjoy them too :)(less)
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Life in Outer Space

3.95 avg rating — 6,147 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions
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The Incredible Adventures o...

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The Secret Science of Magic

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“But why me?

Because, idiot, you... are funny and smart and you have a giant heart that you can't even pretend to hide. And you love your friends and your mum, and you held my hand and made me sing when I was so scared I thought I was going to die. I knew you understood, right from the beginning, this thing inside, the stuff in your head that you need to make real. You get that.... And you wear stupid Superman pyjamas without any irony, and your face lights up when you talk about the movies you love.... And... you protect my dwarf. You always have her back. And you have a dimple when you smile that's so cute I almost died the first time I saw it.”
Melissa Keil, Life in Outer Space

“I said that I am in love with you. I've tried not to be, I really have, but it's just useless. I know you don't feel the same way about me, but I had to tell you because... well, you're all I think about. All the time. I miss you every second that you're not with me... and I know you won't want to be around me anymore, but, Camilla... you're one of the best friends I've ever had. You're smart and amazing and weird and probably the most beautiful person I've ever seen... and before I met you, all I wanted was just to fast-forward through everything. But, really, I think my life was just paused, or something. You... made me press play. You made everything move. And no matter where you go, or whatever you feel about me... I will love you forever for that.”
Melissa Keil, Life in Outer Space

“She doesn't follow me.

She doesn't call out my name and chase after me in the rain. It isn't even raining. The sky doesn't even have the decency to provide me with a good movie cliché.”
Melissa Keil, Life in Outer Space

“Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.”
Allen Ginsberg

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
Mark Twain

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