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D.J. Kirkby

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Dee lives in the South of England in a home otherwise filled with males – husband, boys and pets – she writes to escape the testosterone.

She writes using the name D.J. Kirkby and Dee Kirkby. Dee is the author of Without Alice, My Dream of You, My Mini Midwife, the Special Deliveries series, Realand, Raffie Island and Queendom (The Portal Series for 7 - 11 year olds), and The Rules.

Dee can be found chatting to people on Twitter and Facebook.

Her website for childrens' books is here: http://www.deekirkby.co.uk

Her website for adult books is here: http://djkirkby.co.uk/ ...more

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Dear Doctorate – Year 3, sometime in August 2020

Dear Doctorate Diary, The plan was to do post on how caking has saved my sanity. But, Covid – 19 wanted more attention so here we are with more rambling from me and no cake photos. I think I first started this post in April and now here we are ...

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	Special Deliveries: Life Changing Moments 4.22 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Without Alice 3.41 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	From Zaftig to Aspie 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	My Dream of You 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	My Mini Midwife by D.J. Kirkby (Goodreads Author), Denyse Kirkby 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Rules 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Special Deliveries in Unusual Places 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	100RPM - One Hundred Stories Inspired By Music by Caroline Smailes (Editor), Nik Kershaw (Introduction), Rowan Coleman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Educating Emma by Miranda Forbes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristina Wright (Goodreads Author), Sommer Marsden (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Without Alice (Literature & Fiction)

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Description: Have you ever had a secret? One so important that it feels as if it will tear you in two? Stephen’s got one. He's also got a great job, beautiful wife and an adorable son. Outwardly his life seems perfect but it means nothing without Alice. Read Without Alice and meet a man who you will love to hate until you learn to love him.

My Dream of You (Select)

1 chapters — updated Dec 03, 2012 05:20AM

Description: An excerpt of the first chapter to My Dream of You

Realand (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Dec 03, 2012 05:19AM

Description: Join Max and Laura on their first adventure in The Portal Series as they discover what rainbow corices are capable of and run into a bit of bother with a gang of albino slugs…just an average day in Realand.

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The Other Passenger

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