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Collin Kelley

Collin Kelley

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Collin Kelley is the author of the novel, Conquering Venus (2009, Vanilla Heart Publishing), and three poetry collections, After the Poison, Slow To Burn and Better To Travel. His spoken word album, HalfLife Crisis, is available at CD Baby and iTunes. Kelley, a Georgia Author of the Year Award-winner and Pushcart Prize nominee, is also co-editor of the Java Monkey Speaks Poetry Anthology series from Poetry Atlanta Press. 

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

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<span style="font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:21px;color:#222222;"></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">A stunning debut novel. - OutSmart Magazine</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Unflinching and mysterious, </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Conquering Venus</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> is that rare combination of poetic and page-turner. – Kate Evans, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">For the May Queen</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">From Memphis to London and to Paris, Collin Kelley takes you on a sometimes frolicsome, sometimes tragic tour of the heart in this engaging first novel. - Gary Zebrun, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Only the Lonely</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span><p></p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Conquering Venus – poetic, personal and proud – goes off like a starter's gun to announce a fine new writer of fiction. - Charles McNair, author of </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Land O' Goshen</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> and </span></span><em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Paste Magazine </span></span></em><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Book Editor</span></span></div>