Kelly Barnhill





Kelly Barnhill

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born
in Minneapolis
December 07, 1973

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influences
Borges, Marquez, Erdrich, The Brothers Grimm


About this author

I'm a writer, a mom, a wife, a dog owner, a reader, a thinker, a hiker, a friend, a runner, a teacher, a listener, terrible gardener, a lover of nature. Sometimes I'm all of these things at once.

I'm also a former bartender, former park ranger, former waitress, former church janitor, former kosher meat slicer, former wild-eyed activist, former wildland firefighter, former coffee jerk, former phone-book delivery girl and a former dull-eyed office slave. Sometimes I am still these things. Sometimes all at once.


Kelly Barnhill isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.


Today, the inestimableAnita Silvey on her wonderful blog discussedThe Wizard of Oz,and instantly, and I felt my heart give a great leap.


I don’t know about any of you, but I was an obsessive Oz fan as a kid – like in a wild-eyed, trembly-hands, gotta-have-it-now sort of way. I was an addict. I read those books over and over and over again, sometimes staying up late into the night just so that...

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Average rating: 3.54 · 1,639 ratings · 458 reviews · 23 distinct works · Similar authors
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“There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.”
Kelly Barnhill, Iron Hearted Violet

“A person's soul is bigger than his body. It takes root and lives in all who love him.”
Kelly Barnhill, The Mostly True Story of Jack

“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.”
Kelly Barnhill

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What Book Shall We Read in October?

I have chosen books that are getting a lot of attention and were published in July and August. Feel free to add books to the list, if they were published in July and August 2011

If you get the chance, check and see what your library has before you vote.

 
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Summer I learned to fly (write-in)
 
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