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Em Bailey

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Em Bailey is an Australian living in Germany where, despite having been a vegetarian for many years, she now enjoys the occasional Wurst. Em used to be a new-media designer for a children’s television production house and is now a full-time author. Shift is her first YA novel, although she has written a number of books for children under the name Meredith Badger.

When she’s not writing, Em is generally getting lost, losing stuff, reading, hanging out with her friends and family, and listening to Radiolab podcasts. Like Olive, she doesn’t like leggings that look like jeans, but has no problem with tofu schnitzels.

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	Shift 3.70 avg rating — 4,193 ratings — published 2011 — 16 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 Special Ones 3.81 avg rating — 730 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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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Tirra Lirra by the River

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Em Bailey and 2 other people liked Yolanda Sfetsos's review of Horror Story: "This morning, I spotted a link for this story on my Twitter feed and decided to check it out. It's not long, just over 1,000 words, but it packs quite a punch. Essentially, it's the story of a haunted house. About what happens to the couple living t..." Read more of this review »
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Em Bailey and 2 other people liked Tichaona Chinyelu's review of Mother to Mother: "Drawing from the 1993 killing of Amy Biehl in apartheid-era South Africa, Mother to Mother, a novel by Sindiwe Magona, shares with us a different perspective. Literature about murders of white people by black people tend to avoid the women in the..." Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Em Bailey

“I am weird, and you know what? That's OK. So are most interesting people.”
― Em Bailey, Shift

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“I believe in grey...Some things aren't straightforward. Not everything is true or false, real or imaginary, black or white. It's not that simple.”
― Em Bailey, Shift

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“Imitation is the highest from of flattery. Until it isn't.”
― Em Bailey, Shift

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