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An award-winning author of crime fiction, Kelli Stanley's first hard-hitting novel in the Miranda Corbie series, CITY OF DRAGONS, was met with overwhelming critical acclaim and was a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize. The next novel in the series is CITY OF SECRETS, out September 13, 2011. Stanley also writes a highly-praised series set in Roman Britain, the latest of which is THE CURSE-MAKER. Her debut novel, NOX DORMIENDA, won the Bruce Alexander Award for best historical mystery of 2008. She makes her home in Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, earned a Master’s Degree in Classics, and loves jazz, old movies, fedoras, Art Deco and speakeasies.

About CITY OF SECRETS:

Pandora Blake wanted to be famous. Instead, she woun...more


Left Coast Crime in Sacramento was such a special event in my life that it’s taken me a few weeks to process everything.


Despite an injured leg that kept me limping around the hotel (and resulted in a wonderfully fun and memorable lunch at the nearest deli across the street, with Criminal Minds cohorts and good friends Rebecca Cantrell, Hillary Davidson, Gary Phillips and honorable CM Rhys Bowen...

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Average rating: 3.58 · 639 ratings · 182 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors
City of Dragons
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions
Nox Dormienda: A Long Night...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
City of Secrets
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
The Curse-Maker
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Miranda Corbin memory book
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011
Memory Book: A Miranda Corb...
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011
City of Ghosts
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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Raymond Chandler
“A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.”
Raymond Chandler

Elmore Leonard
“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.”
Elmore Leonard

Anton Chekhov
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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Oscar Wilde
“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
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nobis cum semel occidit breuis lux,
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message 6: by Stan

Stan Law A belated thanks for choosing me to be among your friends, Kelli. It may interest you that my book Marvin Clark—In Search of Freedom in now a matching FREE download on Amazon Kindle. Enjoy it while you can. (A little review on Amazon wouldn't hurt either!)
Stan
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message 5: by Kris

Kris Neri Good to connect with you here, Kelli. See you in Sacramento.

Kris

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message 4: by Kelli

Kelli Hi, Rosanne, and thanks so much for the friendship! :) Thanks for the support and best of luck with your own writing! :)
Kelli


Rosanne wrote: "Hi Kelli, thanks for accepting my friend invite! I'm happy you write crime fiction because I love readng crime fiction. And that's why I also became a fan of your's. I myself haven't written any cr..."




Rosanne Catalano-Umland Hi Kelli, thanks for accepting my friend invite! I'm happy you write crime fiction because I love readng crime fiction. And that's why I also became a fan of your's. I myself haven't written any crime fiction stories, only 1 mystery fiction story which was accepted & published in Storytime Tapestry, an Internet publication. Looking forward to reading your work! ~Rosanne Catalano, publisher/editor/author, The Cat's Meow for Writers & Readers, www.rosannecatalano.net


Bradley I hope you are having a good day! =)

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message 1: by Dana

Dana heee!! Love your profile et al!


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