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Matthew J. Kirby


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Matthew Kirby was born in Utah, and grew up in Maryland, California, and Hawaii. As an undergraduate he majored in history, and then went on to pursue an M.S. in school psychology. For ten months out of the year he works with students, and during the rest of the year he writes. He and his wife currently live in northern Utah.


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Write a Novel with Me

I have an idea for my next book. It will be a historical novel with some supernatural elements, and probably middle grade (but that might change). It is not under contract. I haven’t written a single word. I have done no research yet. I have not mentioned it to my agent or any of my [...]
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Quotes by Matthew J. Kirby  (?)
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“Sometimes, when we want something so badly, we fear failure more than we fear being without that thing.”
Matthew J. Kirby, Icefall

“In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.”
Matthew J. Kirby, Icefall

“Never trust a storyteller," he says. "We're all of us liars.”
Matthew J. Kirby, Icefall

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