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Matt Sinclair

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Website

http://www.elephantsbookshelfpress.com

Genre

Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Influences

Michael Chabon, John Connolly, John Irving, Stephen King, Christopher ...more

Member Since

February 2011

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https://www.goodreads.com/elephantguy

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Matt Sinclair is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. He works as a journalist in New York City covering philanthropy and the nonprofit sector in the United States and with increasing focus on international philanthropy. In 2012, he established Elephant's Bookshelf Press, LLC, a traditional publisher of fiction and (eventually) nonfiction. Since its inception, EBP has published eleven books, including six anthologies, as of 2016. Its first publication of 2017 will be Lost Wings, the debut of Don M. Vail, whose urban fantasy novel takes place in San Francisco and the many levels of hell. ...more

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	The Fall: Tales from the Apocalypse by Matt Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Author), Judy Croome (Goodreads Author), P.S. Carrillo (Goodreads Author) 3.52 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Spring Fevers by Matt Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J. Lea López (Goodreads Author), Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Winter's Regret: What Might Have Been by Matt Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor), P.S. Carrillo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mindy McGinnis (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Horrors: Real, Imagined, and Deadly by Matt Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Madeline Mora-Summonte (Goodreads Author), R.S. Mellette (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Summer's Double Edge (Summer's Edge, #2) 4.75 avg rating — 16 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
	Animus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Flight: A Science Fiction Anthology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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Matt’s Quotes

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

tags: love

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“My Wish

is to fall
cranium over Converse
in dizzy daydream-worthy
love.”
― Sarah Tregay, Love and Leftovers

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“A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.”
― N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain

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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
― Theodore Parker

tags: inspirational, justice, mlk

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“From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, a summer's day; and with the setting sun dropped from the zenith like a falling star.”
― John Milton

tags: poetry

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Now, I am not sure if this has been done before, so I apologise if this already exists (I'd be surprised if it hasn't). I wanted to make a group dedic ...more

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Hello friends, writers and readers. This is group about the new www.goodreads.com instrument "Ask the Author". let's use this best goodreads.com tool ...more

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Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, and YA/MG. We reads it. As a group, we seek to read BotM that are a little off the beaten paths. We love the Gaimans, Sande ...more

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Jun 06, 2011 08:50AM

T.K. wrote: "Hi Matt, good to see you here! Goodreads is one of my favorite places. :)"

I'm still learning about it. I joined a while ago but I'm just starting to explore what it offers. I'm happy to see so many familiar names and faces. :-)

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Jun 06, 2011 08:21AM