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Jon Franklyn

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Born

in San Juan Islands, Washington, The United States

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https://www.jonfranklyn.com/

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Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction

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Tolkien

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Franklyn was born in the majestic San Juan Islands, in Washington State (ten miles east of Vancouver Island) surrounded by artists and writers. Inspired by the faculty at his local high school, including the cousin of Kurt Vonnegut, author of over 25 books and plays, Jon always dreamed of writing his own book. Graduating from Anacortes High School, Westminster College, and the American Institute of Applied Politics, Franklyn worked on several political campaigns before he started his foray into business.

His business career eventually led him back to writing. In 2010, Franklyn sat down at a computer, and 90 days later he had written the first draft of “The Inset.” Years later, with the encouragement of his wife, Julie, he picked up the keybo ...more

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Jon Franklyn said: " With humility, I want to thank all my friends and family ... Writing a book and exposing yourself to the world to critic your work is a very hard thing to do ... For me it was a great emotional risk ... for the last 60 days since we published our boo ...more "

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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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