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Shida Ketzer

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Besides creating the Wisteraverse fantasy book series, I’m a polyglot, scientist, informatics Ph.D., freelance English teacher, & the emotional support human to fluffy cats, residing at the borders of Germany, France, & Luxembourg. Wisteraverse is the fruit of endless writing, revising, existential crisis, & a million cups of bergamot black tea….

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Killer Quill

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The Poet Empress

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Witch Among Us

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It hooked me from the start. The MC is very relatable, and I can feel her anxiety in my bon ...more "

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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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“Two kinds of people made the most dangerous foes: those too foolish to fathom the full consequences of their actions or inactions, and those too petty to care. In that, he was a double threat.”
― Shida Ketzer, Killer Quill

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“The slate clouds loomed above like colossal millstones poised to crush every soul, set to the tyrannical drumbeats thundering in the distance.”
― Shida Ketzer, Killer Quill

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“Quill did not kill just to take a life. It was never personal. Killing was her profession, what she did best. The world needed a consummate assassin as much as a master cobbler. Anyone could kill, given the right motive and opportunity. Being the world’s best assassin was not just about killing, but killing to perfection.”
― Shida Ketzer, Killer Quill

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Shida’s Quotes

“I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges, Rollins.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

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“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

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“Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

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“I hope you weren’t looking to me to be the voice of reason. I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

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“No Mourners.
No Funerals.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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