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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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Average rating: 3.71 · 5,654 ratings · 851 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shift 3.68 avg rating — 4,450 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 3.80 avg rating — 1,204 ratings — published 2016 — 11 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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Girl A

by Abigail Dean (Goodreads Author)

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Rules for Vanishing

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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives

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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

tags: interesting, people, weird

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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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