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Chris Kennedy

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

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A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 50 books and published more than 400 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com.

Called “fantastic” and “a great speaker,” he has coached hundreds of beginning authors and budding novelists on how to self-publish their stories at a variety of conferences, conventions, and writing guild presentations. He is the author of the award-winning #1 bestseller, “Self-Publishing for Profit: How to Get Your Book Out of Your Head and Into the Stores.”

Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife. Follow Chris on Facebook ...more

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Chris Kennedy I'm currently working on "The Search for Gram, " which is the next book in the Theogony universe. …moreI'm currently working on "The Search for Gram, " which is the next book in the Theogony universe. (less)
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You got me with "Calvin had used part of the money to set up a memorial and national cemetery next to where the nuclear weapons had been stored." That section there was pretty powerful. Not really a question here just a statement and a thank you for a good book. ?
Chris Kennedy I'm glad you enjoyed it. Having lost friends in war, I know it is what I would have done if I had the opportunity. For the record, I get choked up rea…moreI'm glad you enjoyed it. Having lost friends in war, I know it is what I would have done if I had the opportunity. For the record, I get choked up reading that part.(less)
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“strap-on foot fetishes.”
― Chris Kennedy, We Dare: An Anthology of Augmented Humanity
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“Don’t sweat the petty stuff, and don’t pet the sweaty stuff.”
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“Rule One is simple. It states, ‘Danger lurks within cute and cuddly things.”
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“When we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away...”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Robert C. Jones Just finished "CAN'T LOOK BACK (WAR FOR DOMINANCE BOOK 1), and thought it was the BEST book I've read in 2014! Great work and I enjoyed it so much I threw up a review on GoodReads & Amazon. Keep up the great writing and Happy Holidays!


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