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Shayna Krishnasamy

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Shayna Krishnasamy was born and raised in Montreal. She is a writer of literary and young adult fiction and her works have appeared in Geist and The Fiddlehead. Home is her first novel.

Shayna also writes under the pen name Lola Rooney.

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On Daydreaming: A Writer’s Perspective

Remember when you used to be scolded for daydreaming? Dreaming rather than paying attention in class was a real no-no in my elementary school. Daydreaming the afternoon away was also frowned upon when there were chores or homework to be done. To this day, being labelled a “daydreamer” is similar to being called “special”—not exactly a compliment. We’re taught to view this activity as lazy and a wa Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.34 · 1,090 ratings · 216 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Sickroom liked it 3.00 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Home 3.15 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2009 — 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 Deed of the Monkeys: A Short Story 2.31 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Come When I Call You 2.85 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Hide and Seek: A Short Story 3.46 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Regan 2.94 avg rating — 48 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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	The Playhouse: A Short Story 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Fadas Mágicas - Coleção Livro em Ação (+ 12 Miniaturas) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

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“We're all of us haunted and haunting.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

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“Perhaps living souls had greater phantom powers than the dead.”
― Graham Joyce, Some Kind of Fairy Tale

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