Laini Taylor



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Laini Taylor

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Hi there! I'm a writer of fantasy books for young people, but my books can be enjoyed by adults as well. My 'Dreamdark' books, Blackbringer (2007) and Silksinger (2009) are about faeries -- not dainty little flowery things, but warrior-faeries who battle devils. My first young adult book, Lips Touch, is a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award! It's creepy, sensual supernatural romance. . . about kissing. I am also an artist with a licensed gift product line called "Laini's Ladies."




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I'm so very sad to tell you that this week we lost our Leroy, our underfoot maniac, our grizzled old boy, our little love monster, at the age of 16.We are missing him terribly. Leroy had a way of making his presence felt like very few animals I've known.

He was a dog that wanted to have physical contact with his people at all times, if at all possible. That might mean putting his foot over your fo... ...more
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Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbri... Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer
by Laini Taylor (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.28 — 315 ratings — published 2007
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Faeries of Dreamdark: Silksing... Faeries of Dreamdark: Silksinger
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avg rating 4.71 — 59 ratings — published 2009
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Lips Touch Lips Touch
by Laini Taylor (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.25 — 65 ratings — published 2009
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Love is the Higher Law
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"This amazing triptych of dark fantasy novellas has the feel of truth inherent in a classic fairy tale. The illustrations are a perfect compliment, foreshadowing the story when looked at before reading and compelling the reader to revisit them after r...more "
Heart of a Shepherd Laini gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Heart of a Shepherd (Hardcover)
by Rosanne Parry (Goodreads author)
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Ice Laini gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Ice (Hardcover)
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Young Adult Ficti...: YA Romance Recommendations for Adult 10 121 Aug 02, 2009 11:07AM  
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"Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West."
E.M. Forster
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"Sir, the fact that the book is in a public library brings no comfort.Books are the one element in which I am personally and nakedly acquisitive. If it weren't for the law I would steal them. If it weren't for my purse I would buy them."
Harold Laski
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"Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
C.S. Lewis
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2225521 hi! i looooooooooooooooooooove your books!!! your such a great author! i was wondering if you would read the stuff i wrote please? it would be really great to get feedback from a published author!
thanks! your goodreads friend and and fan, rebecca


45027 I hope you are having a good day! =)

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48531 I see you're so busy reading up the Cybils books....hope you're having a blast with it. :) I can't wait to see the shortlists you guys come up with!


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