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Renée Shantel

Goodreads Author

Born

in Sydney, Australia

Website

https://linktr.ee/renee.shantel

Genre

Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery

Influences

Brigid Kemmerer, Karen M. McManus, Sarah J. Maas, Ellie Marney, Ho ...more

Member Since

February 2011

URL

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Renée Shantel started writing at the age of eleven, for no better reason than she was tired of waiting for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to be released. She has entertained dreams of being published ever since.

She has taken several short courses in creative writing, book editing and publishing, and managed to have her first short story published in May, 2017.

When not writing, she can be found trying to rekindle her love of photography, casually learning to play the violin, or smothering her cats with love.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 51 ratings · 25 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Days Before 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings — 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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I'd had high hopes for this novel because I enjoyed the first one so much - the characters, the plot, the writing, everything. E.C. Glynn very quickly propelled herself onto my list of favourite authors, and this was one of my most anticipated reads ...more
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Renée’s Quotes

“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”
― Stephen King

tags: life-experience, writing, writing-craft

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“Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It's accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics.”
― Stephen King

tags: children

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“Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.”
― Stephen King

tags: art-on-writing

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“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
― Stephen King

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