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Kenny Kemp

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gender
male

place of birth
San Diego, The United States

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Spielberg, Hitchcock, Conrad, McMurtry, Turow, King, Anne Tyler, Silverberg, Bradbury, Potok

member since
October 2007


about this author

I am a restless soul who has always had the desire to hear and tell a good story. I majored in film production in college, got sidetracked by law school and a few years practicing law, returned to graduate film school, worked in Hollywood for several years as a screenwriter and filmmaker, stumbled into writing novels, and got unbelievably lucky when my memoir Dad Was a Carpenter won the international self-published book award in 1999, resulting in a three-book deal with publishing giant HarperCollins. I continue to self-publish because I love the hands-on nature of it. I speak to writers' groups and book clubs as I travel around the U.S. promoting my books. When I'm not writing, I love to fly my plane, listen to jazz, compose schmaltzy love...more




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My TV Cannot Survive the Iranian Uprising

I WAS SO ANGRY, I ALMOST THREW MY SHOE AT THE TV. An entire nation had been subjugated, a people enslaved, their culture decimated, their vast wealth purloined by a totalitarian regime. The world stood by, the extent of its outrage limited to making angry faces at the aggressor.

I am not talking about Iran. I am talking about Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. When George H.W. Bush finally ordered...more
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avg rating: 3.76 | 62 ratings | 29 reviews | 10 distinct works
I HATED HEAVEN: a novel of lov... I HATED HEAVEN: a novel of love after death
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avg rating 3.44 — 27 ratings — published 1998
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LIGHTLAND: A Soul's Journey LIGHTLAND: A Soul's Journey
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avg rating 3.92 — 13 ratings — published 2008
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DAD WAS A CARPENTER: A Father,... DAD WAS A CARPENTER: A Father, a Son, and the Blueprints for a Meaningful Life
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avg rating 4.00 — 8 ratings — published 2001
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THE WELCOMING DOOR: Parables o... THE WELCOMING DOOR: Parables of the Carpenter
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published 2002
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DAD WAS A CARPENTER: Blueprint... DAD WAS A CARPENTER: Blueprints for a Meaningful Life
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1999
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CITY ON A HILL: Parables of th... CITY ON A HILL: Parables of the Carpenter (Kemp, Kenny. Parables of the Carpenter Series, Bk. 2.)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2004
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The Carpenter of Galilee & the... The Carpenter of Galilee & the Welcoming Door
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2003
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OKI'S ISLAND: A Hero's Journey OKI'S ISLAND: A Hero's Journey
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2006
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THE WELCOMING DOOR THE WELCOMING DOOR (Parables of the Carpenter, Vol. 1)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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DAD WAS A CARPENTER: A Father,... DAD WAS A CARPENTER: A Father, a Son, and the Blueprints for a Meaningful Life
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LIGHTLAND (Mystery & Thrillers)
15 chapters   —   updated 25 days ago, 05:24PM
description: A supernatural thriller set in the near future featuring a deadly worldwide virus, the cloning of a man dead for 6000 years, and the dawning realization by the scientists that they have interfered with the journey of his soul.
Outline: "Characters & Viewpoint" (Reference)
1 chapters   —   updated 25 days ago, 05:23PM
description: An outline of Orson Scott Card's indispensible book "Characters & Viewpoint"
The Absurdity of English (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated 10/14/2007 12:03PM
description: I got this via anonymous e-mail. Wish'd I'd written it!
Meltdown: A Free-Mar... 04/26 Kenny is currently reading:
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse (Hardcover)
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
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Liberty and Tyranny:... Kenny gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (Hardcover)
by Mark R. Levin
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read in June, 2009

Kenny Kenny said: "As a lawyer myself, I always appreciate a well-reasoned defense and Levin does not disappoint. In highly restrained manner, devoid of ascerbic hyperbole, he nevertheless makes his points powerfully and passionately. The upshot is that he so clearly d...more "
April 26
Meltdown: A Free-Mar... Kenny is currently reading:
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and the Government Bailout Will Make Things Worse (Hardcover)
by Thomas E. Woods Jr.
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God and Man at Yale Kenny gave 3 of 5 stars to:
God and Man at Yale (Paperback)
by William F. Buckley Jr.
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read in April, 2009

Kenny Kenny said: "Although a bit of an anachronism, GAMAY is interesting in that it shows the trend toward secularism (anti-religion) and collectivism (anti-capitalism) that has been de rigeur on American college campi since shortly after WWII. I was surprised that it...more "
April 06
Cancel Your Own Godd... Kenny gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes and Asides from the National Review (Hardcover)
by William F. Buckley Jr.
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read in April, 2009

Kenny Kenny said: "One never reads a Buckley book alone; it's always accompanied by a dictionary, to wit: plenipotentiary, coagitations, cocatinate, garrulity, jejune, dedantation, expatiation, rhodomontade, thrasmonical, sedulous, prolix, jocosity, longorrhea, to name...more "
March 26
Top Secret: The Trut... Kenny gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms (Hardcover)
by Robert M. Price
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read in March, 2009

Kenny Kenny said: "Price deconstructs (for the most part) popular spiritual movements of the day, with special emphasis and criticism for home-grown (American) inventions and their poseurs. Joel Osteen, everybody involved in A Course on Miracles, and Oprah-type huckste...more "
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William Faulkner
"It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart."
William Faulkner


Michael Crichton
"Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it."
Michael Crichton


John Steinbeck
"When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate."
John Steinbeck


E.L. Doctorow
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader -- not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."
E.L. Doctorow


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