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Jerry Jay Carroll

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Born

in Manhattan, The United States

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https://jerryjaycarroll.wordpress.com/

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

Evelyn Waugh, Tom Wolfe

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February 2009

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Jerry Jay Carroll is a former journalist nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize and the author of six novels, among them Top Dog, a NYT bestseller. Just out is End Times, an eschatological thriller about Good vs. Evil. Before that was another genre-bending roller-coaster ride called The Horror Writer about a wildly popular author Thom Hearn who who writes low-brow crap for the masses that get made into lucrative summer tent-pole splatter movies . Hearn is rich but the disdain of the literary world made him bitter. Then comes the invitation he gets with Wall Street whiz Carrie Alexander to a Davos-like conference of the high and mighty run by a charismatic man who can do anything better than anyone else. Hearn is the first to notice the weir ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 428 ratings · 55 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Top Dog 3.76 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 1996 — 9 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
	Dog Eat Dog by Jerry Jay Carroll (Goodreads Author), Joel Peter Johnson (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	Inhuman Beings 3.45 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1998 — 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 Great Liars 3.78 avg rating — 27 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
	A Dog's Life: Top Dog and Dog Eat Dog 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	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
	End Times 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Horror Writer 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The Greater Liars 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 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
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Having spent the greater time of my life making a living in it, I can tell you these are grand times for the news business or what’s left of it. The news generally speaking is always bad for someone and at times for everyone. This is meat and drink for the journalist. Good news doesn’t sell because it is usually dull except for those lucky enough to make it--the lottery winner, the lost hiker who Read more of this blog post »

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The Heart of the Bible: Explore the Power of Key Bible Passages for 52-Weeks

by John F. MacArthur Jr.

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Trio: A novel

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The Daily Chronicles of World War II: 365 Days of Text and Images That Capture the Conflict in Every Theater

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“Our intentions have always been good - the best."
"That's what the road to hell is paved with.”
― Jerry Jay Carroll, The Horror Writer

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