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Expert: James Edward Kelley - 11/17/2011


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hi. what would u recommend good books for me to read. i like funny, or horror books esp. about gangs, or about how its like to be a teen, mostly that type of stuff.

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Hi, Sam.

Anything by Stephen King comes to mind when it comes to horror.  Anything by David Sedaris is usually pretty funny.  There was a book out in the late 70's and early 80's called Tex which is a book about teens.  The Outsiders (which is written by the same author I believe) is a book about gangs.

I hope this helps.

James

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I am willing to answer any questions about books except those regarding Fantasy, Self-Help and Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christian literature. I no longer evaluate the financial worth of books as it is impossible to evaluate them in good faith without physically seeing the book itself. I'm sorry about the inconvenience.

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I am an author. I won the Henry Fonda Young Playwright's Award for the state of Connecticut for the first play I ever wrote. I have been commissioned to write two plays for Brown University's Rites & Reason Theatre. I have a short story published in an on-line literary magazine called "Slurve". I am often published in the Mensa Bulletin. Former Poet Laureate of Portugal, Jose Brites, has shown interest in publishing a collection of my poetry. At the age of 21, I was invited to speak at University of Nebraska at Omaha's International Third World Studies & Review Conference. I was the youngest speaker there. Not even having earned my Bachelor's Degree at the time, I was in the company of PhD.'s and experts from around the globe.

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I have been allowed to take free writing courses at Brown University. I also have a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy.

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