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I'm absolutely terrified of spiders.

~Alexi Zentner

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I grew up reading thrillers, science fiction, fantasy - you name it - and one day I asked myself if there was a reason why a fear of spiders was so common. Was there something buried deep in our evolutionary history that made being scared of spiders a survival instinct?

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Asked Being Being Scared Buried Common Day Deep Evolutionary Fantasy Fear Fiction Grew History Instinct Made Myself Name One Day Our Reading Reason Scared Science Science Fiction Something Spiders Survival Thrillers Up Why You

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My wife has been incredibly supportive of me as a writer. Trying really hard to make sure I get the space and time I need to work as a writer and being willing to make some of the sacrifices that you have to make to live the life of an artist.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Artist Been Being Get Hard Incredibly Life Live Make Me Need Really Sacrifices Some Space Space And Time Supportive Sure Time Trying Wife Willing Work Writer You

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If you don't try your hardest, and you're unsuccessful, you always have that excuse.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Always Excuse Hardest Try Unsuccessful You Your

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My daughters are both funny and smart and lots of fun. They play lacrosse, soccer, musical instruments, like to cook with me, and are naturals in the swimming pool. Honestly, though, what I like doing most with them is eating. I've worked really hard to make sure they are willing to try all sorts of different foods.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Both Cook Daughters Different Doing Eating Foods Fun Funny Hard Honestly Instruments Like Lots Make Me Most Musical Play Pool Really Smart Soccer Sort Sure Swimming Swimming Pool Them Though Try Willing Worked

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My children have stolen my dreams in a very literal sense. I've lost months in the minutes and hours that Sabine and Zoey have needed me at night, their thin, butterfly-beating hearts pushed against me in the darkness.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Against Children Darkness Dreams Hearts Hours Literal Lost Me Minutes Months Needed Night Pushed Sense Stolen Thin Very

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Growing up in Waterloo, the Governor General's Award wasn't something I even thought to wish for.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Award Even General Governor Growing Growing Up Something Thought Up Wish

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To map the Governor General's Award is to map both the past and the future of Canadian literature, and to be nominated for my first book is wonderful.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Award Book Both Canadian First Future General Governor Literature Map Nominated Past Wonderful

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Ezekiel Boone's books, starting with 'The Hatching' series, are meant to be big, sprawling, smart, entertaining books that are fun above all else; the literary novels written under my real name, Alexi Zentner, are certainly a little more quiet.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Above Big Books Certainly Else Entertaining Fun Literary Little Meant Meant To Be More Name Novels Quiet Real Series Smart Starting Written

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One of my oldest friends has a cottage on Smoke Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, and it's one of my favorite places in the world.

~Alexi Zentner

Topics: Cottage Favorite Favorite Places Friends Lake Oldest Park Places Provincial Smoke World

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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