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Léna Roy

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in New York City, The United States

gender

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Young Adult

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November 2008

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Léna Roy was raised in New York City, in the cloistered environs of a theological seminary, with extracurricular education provided by Manhattan's club scene. She worked as a bartender, an actor, and as a therapist with at-risk adolescents before finding her voice as a writer in Young Adult fiction. When not writing and spending time with her family, she is teaching creative writing workshops for kids and teens from 8-18 with Writopia Lab in both NYC and Northern Westchester. Her inspiration and touchstone is her late grandmother, author Madeleine L’Engle, who was able to transform the solitary nature of writing into a sacred sense of community where her art and the art of others could flourish. EDGES is her first novel.

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Balance, Writing and Dairy Dreams

Everyone is looking for balance in their lives, for all of the pieces of the pie to have enough . . . girth. But sometimes trying to balance everything stresses us out so much that we fall off kilter and lose our way.

I have been perfectly happy just balancing my work, family and health these past couple of months, but I had to drop my writing in order to stay steady. I've lost 15+ pounds since... Read more of this blog post »

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	Edges 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Joys of Love by Madeleine L'Engle, Léna Roy (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 497 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle, Léna Roy (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 2,279 ratings — published 1949 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Léna Roy wrote a new blog post Moments in Love Late June at the Palladium, summer of 1986, 3 in the morning. I have just turned eighteen. Almost empty dance floor. Combat boots, vintage dress, f... Read more of this blog post »
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Léna Roy wants to read Christine Falls (Quirke #1) by Benjamin Black	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Léna Roy rated a book 5 of 5 stars Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Léna Roy liked Matthew's review of Necromancing the Stone (Necromancer, #2): " Seriously, who doesn't love a book featuring a Sasquatch called Sexy Gary? "
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Léna Roy liked Rachel Rochester's review of Telegraph Avenue: " My relationship with Michael Chabon has always been one of simultaneous love and hate. For all his verbosity, for all his pretension, I do believe Chabon is an unbelievably gifted story teller. His plot lines are fantastical, and yet I always find... " Read more of this review »
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Léna Roy rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje read in August, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Léna Roy rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Léna Roy added Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy, #2) by Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Hello! I'm not going to rate this either, although I really enjoyed it - more than the first one. I love a good time travel!
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Léna Roy added A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1) by Deborah Harkness (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I don't want to rate this because although I "couldn't put it down", the romance wasn't compelling at all. (And it could have been cut by 200 pages.) However, there were enough other things to keep me interested, and I found parts of it very funny. (...more
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“Well, the question is, what do you want to believe? Do you want to live in a world where things are possible, or in one where they aren't?" Cin, Edges.”
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“Well, the question is, what do you want to believe? Do you want to live in a world where things are possible, or in one where they aren't?" Cin, Edges.”
― Léna Roy

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