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Kelli Stanley

欧宝娱乐 Author

Born

in The United States

June 11

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Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Historical Fiction

Influences

Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Cornell Woolrich, Ernest Hemingway ...more

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An award-winning author of crime fiction, Kelli Stanley's first novel in the Miranda Corbie series, CITY OF DRAGONS, was met with overwhelming critical acclaim. It won the Macavity Award (Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award) and was a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Shamus Award. CITY OF SECRETS, her second novel in the series, won the Golden Nugget Award for best mystery set in California. CITY OF GHOSTS--the long-awaited third Miranda Corbie book--will be published August 5th, 2014.

Stanley also writes a highly-praised series set in Roman Britain, the latest of which is THE CURSE-MAKER. Her debut novel, NOX DORMIENDA, won the Bruce Alexander Award for best historical mystery of 2008.

She makes her home in Da ...more

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	First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors by Lee Child (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor, introduction, author ), Steve Berry (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Afterword), Kelli Stanley (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.58 avg rating — 4,516 ratings — published 2010 — 45 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
	City of Dragons 3.29 avg rating — 558 ratings — published 2010 — 18 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
	Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping (Roman Noir #1) 3.67 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2008 — 17 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
	City of Secrets: A Mystery (A Miranda Corbie Mystery, 2) 3.50 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	City of Ghosts: A Miranda Corbie Mystery 3.74 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Curse-Maker (Roman Noir, #2) 3.55 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	City of Sharks: A Miranda Corbie Mystery (A Miranda Corbie Mystery, 4) 3.85 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Memory Book: A Miranda Corbie Story 3.68 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	City of Dragons Lib/E by Kelli Stanley (欧宝娱乐 Author), Cynthia Holloway (Reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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“Writing is one long session of insecurity and fear punctuated by occasional elation. Which is why so many of us are on Twitter.”
― Kelli Stanley

tags: humor, writing

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Kelli鈥檚 Quotes

“A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.”
― Raymond Chandler

tags: writing

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“My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

tags: creative-process, focus, writing

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

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“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: saint-sinner

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“soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit breuis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda. ”
― Catullus, Carmina

tags: love-poetry, roman

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