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Hans Bauer

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in Wels, Austria

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Classics, Children's, Fiction

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Hans Bauer is the co-author of Fishtale, the Young Adult adventure novel that reached #4 on Amazon's Children’s Bestseller List, and for which he received the 2013 Austin Waldorf Children’s Choice Award. He is also the writer of Anaconda: The Writer’s Cut, his novelization of the popular Anaconda film franchise. His most recent books are the co-authored The Adventures of Mitch and Geo, Lil' Elvis (Just the Way He Was), and An American Christmas. He is also the editor of In the Beginning: Great Opening Lines From Your Favorite Books.

As a screenwriter, he has several additional films to his credit, including Titan A.E. The Flock, and Highwaymen.

Hans lives in the beautiful Texas Hill Country.
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In 1994, I wrote a screenplay called Anaconda. I wrote it on spec (that’s movie talk for writing a script before you’ve sold the story). I knew it was a good idea, high concept, as they say in the biz. It took my agent all of about three days to sell. My contract included one rewrite, which I completed during 1994, and after that, the story was in the hands of Columbia Pictures.

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	Anaconda: The Writer's Cut 3.80 avg rating — 153 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
	Fishtale by Hans Bauer (Goodreads Author), Catherine Masciola (Goodreads Author) (Author/Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2012 — 12 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
	In the Beginning: Great Opening Lines from Your Favorite Books 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	The Pet by Hans Bauer (Goodreads Author), Richard Stern it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Един живот за ескимосите by Hans Bauer (Goodreads Author), Ханс Бауер, Валентина Сматраклиева (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1974 — 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
	Harzer Hexen-Stieg: Offizieller Wanderführer in beide Richtungen by Hans Bauer (Goodreads Author), Marion Schmidt 4.50 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
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Duty First: A Year in the Life of West Point and the Making of American Leaders – A Former Cadet's Incisive Account of Military Training and Character Building

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The Three Coffins (The Hollow Man)

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Cream: The Legendary Sixties Supergroup

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“Let me just say it: Bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.”
― Hans Bauer, In the Beginning: Great Opening Lines from Your Favorite Books

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“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
― Hans Bauer, In the Beginning: Great Opening Lines from Your Favorite Books

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“To know me you have to fly with me. Up In the Air, Walter Kirn, 2001”
― Hans Bauer, In the Beginning: Great Opening Lines from Your Favorite Books

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