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Kacen Callender


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Kacen Callender is a Saint Thomian author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child. Their fantasy novel, Queen of the Conquered, is the 2020 winner of the World Fantasy Award and King and the Dragonflies won the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Callender is Black, queer, trans, and uses they/them and he/him pronouns. Callender debuted their new name when announcing their next young adult novel Felix Ever After in May 2019. ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 101,939 ratings · 20,037 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Felix Ever After
4.22 avg rating — 65,944 ratings — published 2020 — 36 editions
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King and the Dragonflies
4.31 avg rating — 9,993 ratings — published 2020 — 19 editions
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This Is Kind of an Epic Lov...
3.37 avg rating — 8,408 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions
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Hurricane Child
3.78 avg rating — 4,428 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions
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Stars in Your Eyes
3.77 avg rating — 3,910 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions
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Infinity Alchemist (Infinit...
3.48 avg rating — 2,878 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions
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Queen of the Conquered (Isl...
3.44 avg rating — 2,341 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions
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Lark & Kasim Start a Revolu...
3.74 avg rating — 1,665 ratings — published 2022 — 17 editions
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Moonflower
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“I’m not flaunting anything. I’m just existing. This is me. I can’t hide myself. I can’t disappear. And even if I could, I don’t fucking want to. I have the same right to be here. I have the same right to exist.”
― Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After
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“It's easier, sometimes, to love when you know it's a love you can't have.”
― Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After
tags: courage, fear, life, live, love
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“It can be easier, sometimes, to choose to love someone you know won't return your feelings. At least you know how that will end. It's easier to accept hurt and pain, sometimes, than love and acceptance. It's the real, loving relationships that can be the scariest.”
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