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I was born in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1962, but since my father was in the military, I spent many years traveling abroad. I graduated from an American high school in Kaiserslautern, Germany. After college and law school, I was admitted to the California State Bar in 1990 and my practice includes handling real estate and business matters with an emphasis on trial work and litigation.

Why did you want to write a book?

I’ve always enjoyed writing, which, as a lawyer, is major part of my practice. Writing a novel was a goal I had since high school. Unfortunately, I […]

Only Everything is Keith’s fourth book and first novel. A collection of short stories, ‘The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves’, was published in 2009, followed in 2012 by the award-winning memoir A Heart Blown Open and its follow-up, The Heart of Zen. He is also a professional book coach.

Tell us about your book.

Only Everything is a reflection on the costs and promises of following your dreams, and what it means to live a life on your own terms. It also explores the sometimes terrible costs of doing this, through the lives of a number of artists who […]

Roger Rooney is a Canberra-based historical fiction writer and is a graduate of Deakin University with a BA (Hons) in International Relations and Strategic Studies. He has performed 22 years of public service with all levels of government, having worked as a Senior Researcher with the Australian Government’s Refugee Review Tribunal, where he sat on the China and South-East Asia desk.

His first novel, True North, was released in April 2018 and was developed over four years, with Roger getting up at 5 am in winter to write 250 words per day. He collaborated with award winning author and […]