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Ken Kuhlken

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Crime, Classics, Historical Fiction

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Ken Kuhlken's stories have appeared in ESQUIRE and numerous other magazines, been honorably mentioned in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, and earned a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

With Alan Russell, in the novella NO CATS, NO CHOCOLATE, Ken has chronicled the madness of book promotion tours.

His novels are MIDHEAVEN, finalist for the Ernest Hemingway Award for best first fiction book, and the Hickey family mysteries: THE LOUD ADIOS, Private Eye Writers of America Press Best First PI Novel; THE VENUS DEAL; THE ANGEL GANG; THE DO-RE-MI, finalist for the Shamus Best Novel Award; THE VAGABOND VIRGINS; THE BIGGEST LIAR IN LOS ANGELES, San Diego Book Awards Best Mystery; THE GOOD KNOW NOTHING; and his latest, THE VERY LEAST and THE ANSW ...more

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	The Good Know Nothing: A California Century Mystery 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles: A California Century Mystery (Hickey Family Mystery #6) 3.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2010 — 14 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 Loud Adios (Hickey Family, #1) 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	Reading Brother Lawrence 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	No Cats, No Chocolate by Ken Kuhlken (Goodreads Author), Alan Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Midheaven really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1980 — 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 Venus Deal 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1993 — 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
	Cars: California Stories 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Vagabond Virgins 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The Angel Gang 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 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

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My friend Ralph directed me to Jeremiah 5:21 and 5:26 – 28: Jeremiah 5:21 “Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear: . . . 26-29 “Among my people are the wicked who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch people. Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit.

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Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing

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Not that I am by any means a scholar of eastern religion, but from my limited, mostly western perspective, I found Mr. Hawley's rendition of the Bhagavad Gita quite helpful. What most impressed me was the universality of the presentation of God and G ...more
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“Don’t just throw the ball, but do it right, every detail: the right setup, the right grip, the right pivot and step, the right level of concentration. Whatever you decide to do, you treat with respect, like it’s not just a game, it’s a reason for living.”
― Ken Kuhlken, Supermen

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“All memory is prelude.”
― David W. Blight

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.”
― Thomas Paine

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“There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.”
― Andrew Carnegie

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“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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