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Clayton Zane is a young upcoming novelist/film maker who lives between Sydney and his hometown of Kiama. Turning his back on a career in law, he moved on to a Masters in Creative Writing, spending most of his student life as a club DJ/barfly, observing colourful characters and listening to asinine stories. Clayton has a profound love of film, music and literature, and his debut novel Shooting Stars is the result of that passion. He is currently working on his second novel, and his lifelong plan of writing and directing a film, starring Hugh Grant.


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“I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”










John Green’s Printz winning novel is the holy grail of young adult fiction. Green is master of the craft, demonstrating the power of simple language s...

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Average rating: 3.91 · 11 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
Shooting Stars
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“The album had to be perfect, because it was my ticket back to her, the key to my plan. I began to think that my whole life had been leading me to this piece of music. All my years of musical training, excessive partying and brotherly adventures had all been just a prelude to a boy convincing a girl that he loved her, and that would be enough.”
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“Life's a funny thing. Sometimes you win, but in playing the game you always have to choose.
I chose to wait for her.
She chose to move on.”
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“I think Amy sat with me because she liked the fact that I wasn't like the other boys in our year, who were all totally preoccupied with getting past second base. She probably wouldn't have liked it so much if she knew it was because I preferred eating acid paper instead of roll ups as an afternoon snack.”
Clayton Zane

“The album had to be perfect, because it was my ticket back to her, the key to my plan. I began to think that my whole life had been leading me to this piece of music. All my years of musical training, excessive partying and brotherly adventures had all been just a prelude to a boy convincing a girl that he loved her, and that would be enough.”
Clayton Zane

“Life's a funny thing. Sometimes you win, but in playing the game you always have to choose.
I chose to wait for her.
She chose to move on.”
Clayton Zane

“I think Amy sat with me because she liked the fact that I wasn't like the other boys in our year, who were all totally preoccupied with getting past second base. She probably wouldn't have liked it so much if she knew it was because I preferred eating acid paper instead of roll ups as an afternoon snack.”
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