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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, Rebecca Ross, Karen M. McManus, Sarah J. Maas, Ell ...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: 4.03 · 70 ratings · 27 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Days Before really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57 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
	Lost really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	I'm Dead? by Feliciano Arrieta Jr. (Contributor), Bee Brown (Contributor), Cheryl Campbell (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 6 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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Renée Shantel rated a book it was amazing Sparking Fire Out of Fate (Forging Silver into Stars, #3) by Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)	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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Renée Shantel liked Megz Hetho's review of In the Days Before: "In the Days Before was an easy, entertaining thriller with a nice Aussie feel that made it stand out a bit from the usual YA suspense reads. I struggled a little with how believable the teenage characters and plot were, and parts felt fairly predictab" Read more of this review »
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Renée Shantel liked Haley's review of In the Days Before: "Caught me by surprise I'm honestly surprised how much I loved this book. It's exactly the type of thing I love reading but being in my 30s now it's getting harder to enjoy books written about teenagers. I flew through this though and enjoyed every se" Read more of this review »
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Chloe Jayne's SQUID WARD is an absolute fever dream. I thought I knew what I was getting into: body horror, experimental medical procedures, and the very human desire to have a child when you feel all hope has been lost. Despite knowing this, I was s ...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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