Jackie Morse Kessler

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The United States

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http://www.jackiemorsekessler.com

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Young Adult

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Jackie Morse Kessler grew up in Brooklyn, NY, with a cranky cat and overflowing shelves filled with dolls and books. Now she’s in Upstate NY with another cranky cat, a loving husband, two sons, and overflowing shelves filled with dragons and books (except when her sons steal her dragons). She has a bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature, and yet she’s never read any Jane Austen (with or without zombies). She also has a master’s degree in media ecology. (The living study of technology and culture. Which is cool, but she still can’t figure out how to use Tweetdeck.)

Jackie spends a lot of time writing, reading, and getting distracted by bright and shiny new ideas. (She just came up with a new idea right now.) She has a weakness f...more

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So this came up when I was tweeting with the always amazing Richelle Mead and Rachel Caine. I had misremembered this as a poem about punctuation, but it’s actually about ASCII characters. According to my mad Googling skills, this poem originally appeared in the May/June 1990 issue of Infocus magazine, and it was written by Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese. Thanks, guys!

The genius of this poem is t...

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Jackie Morse Kessler's Books

Average rating: 3.66 · 3,682 ratings · 1,108 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	Hunger (Riders of the Apocalypse, #1) 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 2,252 ratings — published 2010 — 6 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
	Rage (Riders of the Apocalypse, #2) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 986 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Loss (Riders of the Apocalypse #3) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse, #4) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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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Series by Jackie Morse Kessler

Riders of the Apocalypse (4 books)
by Jackie Morse Kessler
3.658576051779935 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 3,708 ratings

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Quotes by Jackie Morse Kessler

“Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance, and plant your feet.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Hunger

tags: balance, hunger, life

20 people liked it

“IF YOU HAVE EVER LOOKED IN THE MIRROR
AND HATED WHAT YOUSAW,THIS BOOK
IS FOR YOU.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Hunger

tags: inspirational

15 people liked it

“Thou art hunger, yo. Make with the starvation.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Hunger

tags: humour

7 people liked it

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