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Joel Canfield

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A novelist, screenwriter and ghostwriter, Canfield has lived in New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; Auckland, New Zealand; Miami Beach, Florida, and his own personal Pennsylvania trifecta, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and his hometown of Bethlehem. He now resides in Long Beach, California with his favorite blondes, writer-editor wife Lisa and dog Betsy, but he will undoubtedly move again, because that’s just what he does.

Canfield’s books include the novels Dark Sky, Blue Fire, Red Earth and White Rain (the first four books in his Max Bowman series); What's Driving You???: How I Overcame Abuse and Learned to Lead in the NBA (co-authored with Keyon Dooling and Lisa Canfield); Pill Mill: My Years of ...more

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	Dark Sky (The Misadventures of Max Bowman, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 981 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Blue Fire (The Misadventures of Max Bowman, #2) by Joel Canfield (Goodreads Author), Lisa Canfield (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 230 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
	Red Earth (The Misadventures of Max Bowman, #3) by Joel Canfield (Goodreads Author), A.J. Canfield (Illustrator), Lisa Canfield (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 167 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
	White Rain (The Misadventures of Max Bowman, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 74 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
	Pill Mill: My Years of Money, Madness, Sex and Drugs in the Florida Pill Mill by Christian Valdes, Crystal Valdes, Joel Canfield (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	226: How I Became the First Blind Person to Kayak the Grand Canyon by Lonnie Bedwell, Joel Canfield (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2015 — 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
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	Just the Fax: Joel and Lisa Canfield - The First Nine Months 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
	Dark Sky (The Misadventures of Max Bowman) (Volume 1) by Joel Canfield (2015-08-15) 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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New trailer for my novel

Yes, RED EARTH came out four months ago, but I finally got around to producing the video for it. Hope you'll take a look (and maybe even read the book if you haven't!).

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Published on July 27, 2017 06:42 • Tags: blue-fire, dark-sky, joel-canfield, max-bowman, red-earth

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