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Kris Dinnison

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Kris Dinnison learned to read when she was five years old. She grew up reading weird books and listening to weird music and thinking she was weird, which she kind of was. She spent nearly two decades as a teacher and librarian working with students from kindergarten to graduate school. The bulk of that time she spent teaching High School English while dreaming of becoming a writer. She lives in Spokane, Washington with one husband, one daughter (when said daughter is not living in some foreign country or other), two cats, and a lab named Lou

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	You and Me and Him 3.32 avg rating — 1,509 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Railtown Almanac: a Spokane prose anthology by Sharma Shields (Goodreads Author), Nance Van Winckel, Kris Dinnison (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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“I don't think I could ever put myself out there like there, not without some guarantees."Hormones win every time." "So you think it's all just physical?" "No but we don't get to choose who we fall for.”
― Kris Dinnison, You and Me and Him

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“I feel the same way about songs as I do about books. Once I start them, it drives me a little crazy not to finish them.”
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“Remember you're smart and strong and brave”
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“whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.”
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