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Novelist, poet.
Author of--
Valley Boy, Second Edition
No Century for Apologies: Short listed for the Hoffer Grand Prize 2023
Citadel, the novel
Blood
The California Quartet:
The Deification--Book One
Valley Boy--Book Two (first Edition)
The Book of Changes--Book Three
Trio of Lost Souls--Book Four
Gabriela and The Widow (Winner "Best Women's Fiction" Orangeberry Virtual Book Expo; Montaigne Medal Finalist; Book of the Year Award Finalist)
co-author of The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery (with Robert J. Ray)
Satori-poems by Jack Remick
Doubles in a Game of Chance--a novel about a bureaucratic nightmare and a lost protagonist on a thankless quest.
Man Alone--The Dark Book
Songs of Sadness Joy and Despair for the Anthropocene--a pen in one hand, a ...more

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	Gabriela and The Widow by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Kevin Coyne (Photographer), Meredith Bricken Mills (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Blood by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 10 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
	Citadel 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — 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
	Valley Boy by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Pacific Coast Highway 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Deification 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Satori it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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 Book of Changes by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author), Meredith Bricken Mills (Contributor), M. Anne Sweet (Illustrator) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Falcon 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Man Alone: The Dark Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 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

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Mindy Halleck has put together a website for my writing. All my novels are listed there with links to several blogs. Follow this link: Jack Remick Writing.

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Jack Remick answered Indra Rinzler's question: I'm an author too, Wondering if you have worked with Debbie Bosch, book marketer? No. Haven't worked with her, but I'm suspicious of most marketers. I ran into two Clara Lily and Darcey Perdue who made huge promises about exposure and SEO modification but when it came right down to it, they took my money and disappeared. Refusing See Full Answer
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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Man Alone: The Dark Book by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author)	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
reposting this review from Midwest Book Review. Gotta love Michael J. Carson-- Deftly crafted, singularly unique, and provides its readers with an inherently fascinating and emotionally visceral literary experience, “Man Alone: The Dark Book” is a com ...more
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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Cartographies of Home by Priscilla Long (Goodreads Author)	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
Each word we speak or write or read has history. We use words without respect for their history. Though each word is a gift from the past, most of each word’s past is lost to us. Still if we care to look, the history of each word tells us so much abo ...more
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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Gabriela and The Widow by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author)	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
Gabriela and The Widow--Montaigne Medal Finalist, Eric Hoffer Awards 2014 https://hofferaward.com/Montaigne-Med... Gabriela and The Widow--Winner "Best Women's Fiction" in the Orangeberry Hall of Fame Virtual Book Expo, 2013. Gabriela and The Widow Fina ...more
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Jack Remick rated a book it was amazing Blood by Jack Remick (Goodreads Author)	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
Reposted from Eleanor Parker Sapia's amazon review: http://goo.gl/tQjJ82 By Eleanor Parker Sapia Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Blood (Paperback) Master storyteller, Jack Remick, is one of my favorite authors, and although I'd heard ...more
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The Book of Changes got a sterling review from ForeWord Reviews. I like this part a lot: "Remick’s mastery of the narrative craft infuses a common story line—college kid faces challenges and grows up—with an intimate sense of character and setting. Rem ...more
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Jack Remick made a comment on Cole Alpaugh’s review of Valley Boy " Cole--thanks for taking the time to hit all the buttons I'd hoped to get into this novel. ...more "
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