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Gender
Male
Birthday
November 23
Location
Spokane, WA
About Me
I have written eight books. I live in a forest canyon with my wife, six horses, four dogs, and a flock of wild ducks. I feel compelled to write, though it is not an enjoyable experience: mainly because, lacking natural talent, I have to work so hard at it.
Type of Writer
History, Economics, Philosophy, Translation (Greek), Biography, and now fiction.
Writing Style
Clear and easy for non-fiction, tolerably aesthetic for fiction.
Interests
My wife, philosophy, economics, history, math & physics, Crime novels, Horses, and Wildlife.
Favorite Genres
Non-fiction: Economics and Philosophy; Fiction: Crime/Trial novels.
Favorite Books
Arendt, The Human Condition; Plato, Republic; Diamond, Guns Germs and Steel; Courtney, The Power of One; McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses; Harris, The Silence of the Lambs.
Favorite Authors
Plato, Hannah Arendt, Shakespeare, Martin Diamond, John Steinbeck, Martin Cruz Smith, Thomas Harris, and Michael Crichton.
Favorite Movies
Paul, Breaking Away, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Driving Miss Daisy, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Lawrence of Arabia, Little Big Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Young Frankenstein.
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