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Luke Woodruff

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I graduated from SJSU with a BA in theater arts in 2007. I graduated with an MFA in acting from the ART/MXAT at Harvard University in 2012. I was in the Marine Corps and deployed to Ramadi, Iraq in 2009. I spent 5 years in Los Angeles where I pursued acting, taught theater and acting for Shakespeare at Azusa Pacific University and Loyola Marymount University, worked security at Boeing, and wrote my first self-published novel. I currently live in Chico, CA where I write, work security in an emergency room, and hope to eventually teach theater at Chico State University.

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Helio Apotheosis: Part 1: The Scorched Third

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Helio Apotheosis Part 2 Coming Soon!

So, interesting story. I’ve been promoting my first self-published novel: Helio Apotheosis Part 1: The Scorched Third. I’ve been getting good feedback and I got great feedback from a particular author named Mia Carter. She wrote an amazing thriller novel titled The Dare. I got to reading her work and was very impressed. Long story short, I asked her to collaborate with me on my next novel: Helio A Read more of this blog post »

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The Dare: Book One The Murder (The Dare Series 1)

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