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Leonard Krishtalka

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Montreal, Canada

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Leonard Krishtalka has enjoyed two parallel careers––professional paleontologist, and author/novelist. As a paleontologist he has led and worked on expeditions throughout the fossil-rich badlands of western Canada and the US, Patagonia, Europe, China, Kenya and Ethiopia, excavating and studying the past life and cultures of the planet. He has held academic posts at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, the University of Pittsburgh, the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, and The University of Kansas, Lawrence.

As a novelist, Krishtalka uses the mystery genre to explore the human condition. He is the author of the award-winning Harry Przewalski novels: The Bone Field, Death Spoke, The Camel Driver, and the forthcoming Native Blood ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 234 ratings · 81 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bone Field 3.90 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2018 — 7 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
	Death Spoke (Iron City, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 46 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 Body on the Bed 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2021 — 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 Camel Driver (A Harry Przewalski Novel) 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Dinosaur Plots and Other Intrigues in Natural History 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	Native Blood 3.67 avg rating — 9 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
	The Body on the Bricks (A Mary Fanning Mystery Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming by Leonard Krishtalka (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert M. West (Editor), John Howard Hutchison (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Late Paleocene Mammals from the Cypress Hills, Alberta (Volume 2) (Special Publications) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1973	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
	恐竜と古生物の謎―化石が語る進化の面白い物語 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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October 2018 General Poll

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Which Crime, Mystery, or Thriller book would you like to read in October?

Snap by Belinda Bauer

15 votes, 17.4%

The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery by James Aura

12 votes, 14.0%

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

11 votes, 12.8%

Blood Harvest by Sharon J. Bolton

11 votes, 12.8%

The Fifth To Die by J.D. Barker

9 votes, 10.5%

Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz

7 votes, 8.1%

If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children by Gregg Olsen

7 votes, 8.1%

Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

7 votes, 8.1%

Sacrifice by bHanna Winter

4 votes, 4.7%

The Bone Field by Leonard Krishtalka

3 votes, 3.5%

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