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Scott Alderman

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Born

in New York, The United States

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http://www.scottalderman.com

Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Historical Fiction, Crime

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February 2020

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Scott Alderman (he/him) was thrown out of college in 1978 and began working in the live music industry as a road manager, agent, and club owner. After getting clean in 1987, he worked as a counselor at an AIDS hospice in New York City and at psych hospitals and methadone clinics in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. He later held management positions at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley, launched the Tattoo the Earth festival, and produced the first tattoo convention in Massachusetts. He eventually got a BA in Literature and Writing from Columbia University and is the author of two memoirs, Get Off and Caravan of Pain. Pier 45 is his first novel. He lives in Arizona with his wife and kid.

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Average rating: 4.03 · 37 ratings · 15 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Caravan of Pain: The True Story of the Tattoo the Earth Tour 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings — 7 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
	GET OFF: The Sordid Youth and Unlikely Survival of a Queer Junkie Wonder Boy 4.64 avg rating — 11 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
	Pier 45 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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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Scott Alderman and 1 other person liked Bret Burks's review of Pier 45: "This is dynamite storytelling...part history lesson, tragic and compelling, this book was impossible to put down.. Scott Alderman writes like he lived this story. The flesh and blood characters had me googlin' to see if they actually lived. There is " Read more of this review »
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