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E. Kelly Keady

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Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

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I am basically a product of my Twin Cities upbringing, a Catholic kid growing up in the Midwest. As a child, my father, a Navy veteran, regaled me with stories of an exciting and colorful world beyond the borders of our home state of Minnesota. At home, my mother’s penchant for reading all genres let me visit these far away ports of call from my father’s tales. As a young reader, I devoured the likes of Leon Uris, James Michener, John Steinbeck, Gore Vidal, Robert Ludlum, and I could not keep my head out of the World Book Encyclopedia.

After Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School, I left the comfort of home for a Jesuit education at Saint Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri. Graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science I am basically a product of my Twin Cities upbringing, a Catholic kid growing up in the Midwest. As a child, my father, a Navy veteran, regaled me with stories of an exciting and colorful world beyond the borders of our home state of Minnesota. At home, my mother’s penchant for reading all genres let me visit these far away ports of call from my father’s tales. As a young reader, I devoured the likes of Leon Uris, James Michener, John Steinbeck, Gore Vidal, Robert Ludlum, and I could not keep my head out of the World Book Encyclopedia.

After Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School, I left the comfort of home for a Jesuit education at Saint Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri. Graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and French, I returned to Saint Louis University for my law degree. My undergraduate and graduate education also included frequent trips abroad (including studying for a year at Universite d’Orleans, in Orleans, France) where I carried Robert Ludlum paperbacks in my backpack and let my imagination run wild through the great cities of Europe.

After law school, I returned home to the Twin Cities to practice law. Although my legal career has spanned the gamut from a clerk on the Missouri Court of Appeals to a trial lawyer licensed in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, my practice focuses on mostly on eminent domain law--representing people who have had their property taken from them by the government. Although I travel extensively (which is where I do most of my writing), I prefer my life in Minneapolis with my wife and three children.

My first novel, The Cross of St. Maro, reminds me of early Ludlum or Grisham, or maybe even David Baldacci. Maro received national attention in May 2005, when, out of thousands of entries, the novel earned an Honorable Mention for the Independent Publisher’s Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller. It also earned a Reader’s Choice from the Midwest Book Review.

The Fall of St. Sebastian, something more along the lines of Vince Flynn/Robert Ludlum meets Steve Berry/James Rollins, is receiving some early buzz as it starts receiving five stars from online reviewers. International bestselling author Vince Flynn proclaimed it “An Outstanding Thriller!” while New York Times bestselling author Grant Blackwood called it “….an intriguing pulse-pounding thriller.” The concept for The Fall of St. Sebastian originated from a radio interview with biosecurity expert and internationally-known epidemiologist, Dr. Michael T. Osterholm. This led me down the road to a story line involving a pandemic flu, however improbable, as a bio-weapon. Sebastian also returns most of the cast of The Cross of St. Maro.

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AUTHOR SELLS BOOKS TO AID VETS

MINNESOTA AUTHOR SELLS BOOKS TO AID VETS

Inspired by a Minnesota veteran who was severely injured in Iraq, critically acclaimed Minnesota author E. Kelly Keady donates proceeds from the sale of his thriller THE FALL OF ST. SEBASTIAN to veteran causes.

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E. Kelly Keady’s books

Average rating: 3.95 · 56 ratings · 6 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Cross of St. Maro 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Writes of Spring: Stories and Prose by Gary Schulze (Editor), Pat Frovarp (Editor), Jessie Chandler (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2012	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 Fall of St. Sebastian 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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

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“All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
― Hermann Goering, Germany Reborn

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“When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.”
― Revelation 6 78

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Apr 06, 2013 05:54AM

A little distracted at the moment...keep thinking about a YA book I want to write instead of finishing book 3 of the series. Thanks for friending. Hope all is well.

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message 1: by Zoë

Apr 06, 2013 04:14AM

Hi E. Thanks so much for Friending me. How's the writing going with you?

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