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Derek McFadden

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Born

in Seattle, The United States

Website

https://www.derekmcfaddeneditor.com

Genre

Fantasy, Poetry, Spirituality

Influences

Mitch Albom, Richard Paul Evans, Robert Frost, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Member Since

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I was born in 1982 with a mild form of cerebral palsy. From that point to this, I have striven to write the kinds of stories readers want to read (get lost in) and the kinds I want to tell. Often my main characters will have the same palsy I do. This is because, as a kid, when I would read stories I would always think, None of these people are anything like me.
I can't wait for all the readers here at Goodreads--and everywhere there's a reader who hungers for a good story--to read my newest book, The Santa Claus Agreement (2022), and my award-winning novel, What Death Taught Terrence (2020). Both, in their own ways, are absorbing looks at a family and real life, and what life means. There's also a fair amount of the afterlife involved!
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	What Death Taught Terrence 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cast No Shadows by Jordan Elizabeth, Lorna MacDonald Czarnota (Goodreads Author), Grace M. DeLeesie (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Santa Claus Agreement: A Holiday Fable of Magic, Whimsy, and Heart 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bells of Christmas II: Eight Stories of Christmas Hope (The Bells of Christmas Series Book 2) by Jay Allchin (Editor), Bradley Harper (Goodreads Author), Erol Engin 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Systems Snow: 8 Tales of Christmas Times 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prose From A Grandson To A Senior Fellow 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Ashlyn's Bridge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prose From A Grandson To A Senior Fellow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Christmas Festival: A Novella 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Picnics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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All Systems Snow: 8 Tales of Christmas Times

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The Santa Claus Agreement: A Holiday Fable of Magic, Whimsy, and Heart (Tinsel & Twists)

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Derek said: " Authors write for different reasons.
Some write to allow the reader to escape. Some write to thrill the reader. Some write to chill spines.
I write to uplift. To give the reader an experience at the end of which they say, "My life is a little better fo ...more "

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