C.K. Kelly Martin





C.K. Kelly Martin

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Most of my time spent at York University in Toronto was as an English major, not the traditional way to graduate with a B.A. in Film Studies but a fine way to getC.K. June 09 a general arts education. After graduation I headed for Dublin, Ireland and spent the majority of the nineties there in forgettable jobs meeting unforgettable people and enjoying the buzz.

I always thoughts I'd get around to writing in earnest eventually and I began writing my first novel in a flat in Dublin and finished it in a Toronto suburb. By then I'd discovered that young adult fiction felt the freshest and most exciting to me. You have most of your life to be an adult but you only grow up once!

As a writer, I'm naturally crazy about good books – but also good movi...more


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I'm heading off to Ireland at the end of the week where I'll be largely without Internet and so won't be posting again until I'm back in June. Generally the Irish are just as addicted to their Internet connections as anyone but it happens that my in-laws are sans connection. To be honest, I think every year that we visit it gets a little harder for me to say goodbye to our free-flowing home Int... read more »
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Published on May 15, 2012 23:07 • 2 views
Average rating: 3.49 · 1,887 ratings · 362 reviews · 6 distinct works
I Know It's Over
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 950 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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One Lonely Degree
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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My Beating Teenage Heart
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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The Lighter Side of Life an...
3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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Yesterday
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 6 editions
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Come See About Me
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012
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“Things don't always change with a bang. Sometimes they change so gradually that you can't clearly pinpoint the last moment they were truly the same.”
C.K. Kelly Martin, One Lonely Degree

“Love does strange things to you sometimes. It can twist you into saying and doing things that you know you’ll regret and still, you do them.”
C.K. Kelly Martin, I Know It's Over

“How many times can a person break you heart?”
C.K. Kelly Martin, I Know It's Over

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Paranormal Romanc...: Hi I'm new 18 97 Jan 05, 2010 04:36pm  
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Cover to Cover Ch...: Mackenzie's 2010 Booklist 13 107 Apr 19, 2011 11:34am  


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