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Daniel Ben-Horin has written nonfiction for the New York Times, Mother Jones, the Nation, and other periodicals. He attended Bronx Science and the University of Chicago, was fired by the Arizona Republic, edited the Arizona New Times, organized tenants and media workers in San Francisco and built, over the course of thirty years, a global nonprofit called TechSoup. Substantial Justice is his first novel. Find the Kirkus Review here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re... ...more

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Where did the idea for your first book, Substantial Justice, come from?

Daniel Ben-Horin I started working on the book in 1985. There were subsequent interruptions lasting decades! The original idea was about a person, Spider, who was vagu…moreI started working on the book in 1985. There were subsequent interruptions lasting decades! The original idea was about a person, Spider, who was vaguely based on a mechanic I took my car to in SF in the 70's and also on a neighbor I had in Phoenix before I moved to in SF. These were funny, unassuming, big guys whom I liked and sort of admired, since they seemed to have a calm and centeredness that I felt I lacked. It intrigued me to write a book about 'not me' in that sense. And the idea, all along, was to place a sane person like that in the middle of insane events, and to see the events, and the world, through that person's perspective. I was (and am) weary of novels that start with someone who's totally messed up in one way or another.(less)

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Daniel Ben-Horin I told myself I would never write a sequel. I am writing a sequel. It is set between 1989 (SF Earthquake) and 1999 (Dot.com boom approaching bust). I …moreI told myself I would never write a sequel. I am writing a sequel. It is set between 1989 (SF Earthquake) and 1999 (Dot.com boom approaching bust). I am enjoying writing about Spider and Siobhan as 40-50 year olds and introducing two Gen X characters whom I am growing quite fond of. (less)

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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved

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