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J.P. Hostetler

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Born

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The United States

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https://www.jphostetler.world

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Fiction, Fantasy, Children's

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Matt Haig, Andy Weir, V.E. Schwab, T.J. Klune, Ted Chiang, Liz Moore, ...more

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Jacob Paul (J.P.) Hostetler is an American novelist and short story writer.

His debut children’s book, The Sky Belongs to the Dreamers, earned a Mom’s Choice Gold Award in 2019, while his Young Adult fantasy series, Around Curiosity’s Edge, received the 2021 Reader’s Favorite Book Award for Best in Mythology & Fairytale.

After over a decade of life spanning three continents, he recently made the move back to his native Pennsylvania, where he balances his writing career with work in the biotechnology industry.

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	Hidden Meridians (Around Curiosity's Edge, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 55 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
	Raging Waters (Around Curiosity's Edge, #2) 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 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
	The Sky Belongs to the Dreamers by J.P. Hostetler (Goodreads Author), Clara Cabrera (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 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 Stories We Tell (Around Curiosity's Edge, 0.5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Sacred Skies (Around Curiosity's Edge, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
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Pandemic thoughts...

I think we can all agree that 2020 has had a strange first half.

Call me overly optimistic but I feel the warmth off the light that I think is coming from the end of the tunnel...or that might just be the relentless west coast sun.

Either way, we're all ready for the return of even the smallest amount of normalcy.

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“It matters not how near or far one wanders, only that one finds the Wanderway.”
― J.P. Hostetler, Hidden Meridians

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“Is that..." Gingam paused, "a sloth?" The sloth turned its head at sloth speed and grinned down at them.

"Don't mind Atlas," said Ulysses. "You'll have enough time to move if he attacks."

"He attacks?”
― J.P. Hostetler, Hidden Meridians

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“It's not my life, he thought, I'm just the one it's happening to.”
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