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Enrico Antiporda

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Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

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I'm a fiction editor of Conclave, a Journal of Character, an annual literary magazine. I published my first novel, The Band of Gypsies, in 2000 with rave editorial reviews. A Light in the Cane Fields earned two consecutive scholarships at the Squaw Valley Writers Conference and was a top semifinalist in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. The novel earned a tour de force review from Publishers Weekly, garnering accolades like "a riveting epic of loss and transformation" and "a masterful choreography."

I'm a workshop leader of the Rockridge Writers Group in Oakland, California.

As for my history, after graduating with a BSBA degree at De La Salle University, I lived for two years in Bilbao, Spain working as a business intern ...more

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Cat Diaries, Me, My Cat, and My Life, part 1

THE CAT DIARIES

Prologue
November 16, 2005, Oakland, California
If you lose someone you love, part of your spirit will go with him. The last time I heard those words, I was at my great uncle’s funeral, a young man of seventeen, and fresh out of high school. My great uncle, a Roman Catholic bishop in Manila and a close friend of my father's had just been murdered. Nights before, thugs broke into the c Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 13, 2013 09:00 • Tags: animals, cat-adoption, cat-story, cats, life-story, me-and-my-cat, memoir, pet-care, pet-story, pets, relationships

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Average rating: 4.04 · 98 ratings · 47 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Band of Gypsies 3.60 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2000 — 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 Light in the Cane Fields 4.61 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Adventures of Jimbo, the Homeless Cat 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Twelfth Falcon 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Iberian Nights, an erotic literary novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	Memoirs of a Feline Fool: Vol. 1, A Cat Christmas 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	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 STOW AWAY CAT, Book 2 of the Adventures of Jimbo Series liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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 Man from Berlin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	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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Enrico Antiporda said: " This is an extremely hilarious piece. I enjoyed it very much. I think the story is perfect in its current form. It is extremely well-paced with uproarious tongue-in-cheek descriptions of setting and situation. Without revealing too much of the plot, ...more "

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