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K.E. Lanning

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K.E. Lanning was born in Houston, Texas and grew up a stone’s throw from NASA’s space program in the small Quaker town of Friendswood, TX, laced with white oyster shell roads and open fields dotted with huge live oaks—riding horses rather than bikes. Lanning is a fan and writer of commercial literary fiction and speculative science fiction, allowing the author to explore society, humanity, and our future.

She’s indie-published a climate fiction trilogy titled, The Melt Trilogy: A Spider Sat Beside Her, The Sting of the Bee and Listen to the Birds, with each novel garnering excellent Kirkus Reviews, and the last novel the recipient of Best New Novels of 2019 from Kirkus Reviews. In addition, she’s published a series of book reviews and autho ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 78 ratings · 36 reviews · 4 distinct works

	A Spider Sat Beside Her (The Melt Trilogy - Book 1) 3.74 avg rating — 35 ratings — 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 Sting of the Bee 4.09 avg rating — 23 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
	The Melt Trilogy Omnibus 4.75 avg rating — 12 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
	Listen to the Birds (The Melt Trilogy - Book 3) 4.63 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

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2061: Odyssey Three (Space Odyssey #3)

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