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Deb Caletti is an American writer of young adult and adult fiction. Caletti is a National Book Award finalist, as well as the recipient of other numerous awards including the PEN USA finalist award, the Washington State Book Award, and SLJ Best Book award. Caletti's books feature the Pacific Northwest, and her young adult work is popular for tackling difficult issues typically reserved for adult fiction. Her first adult fiction novel, He's Gone, was published by Random House in 2013 and was followed by her second book for adults, The Secrets She Keeps in 2015.

✵ 16. June 1963
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Deb Caletti Quotes

“This is what happens when nice people are pushed too far. We give too many chances, and so when we've finally had enough, we are well and truly done. When a nice person shuts a door on you, it's shut for good.”

Deb Caletti

Source: He's Gone

“They never told you that stranger might be someone you knew.”

Deb Caletti

Source: Stay

“You could put your confusion and upset and worries into whatever book you were reading. You could sort of set them down in there, and you could come out with your head on a little straighter. I don't why stories worked that way, but they did.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Story of Us

“Sometimes you build up these walls, you build and you build and you build up these walls and you think they’re so strong, but then someone can come along and tip them over with only his fingers, or the weight of his breath.”

Deb Caletti

Source: Wild Roses

“A person who says "it's your decision" is informing you that your decision sucks.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Six Rules of Maybe

“If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.”

Deb Caletti

Source: Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

“Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“Stories took twists and turns down fairy-tale paths or down very human everyday ones. You think you’re at the end of the book, and it’s only the end of a chapter.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Story of Us

“Maybe we all just wanted someone to believe in. That's all each of us wanted, and it should be so simple, but it never was simple.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Six Rules of Maybe

“She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Story of Us

“Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.”

Deb Caletti

Source: Stay

“I may be nervous," I say.
"Okay, I'm really glad you said that, because I just went to the back room to put on more deodorant." Sebastian says.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Nature of Jade

“A lot of life is just surviving what happens.”

Deb Caletti

Source: The Six Rules of Maybe