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Rich Hosek

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Born

in Chicago, IL

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Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction

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James Patterson, Stephen King, Stephen R. Donaldson

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Rich has written for numerous television series with his writing partner Arnold Rudnick including, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Star Trek: Voyager, and The New Addams Family for which they won a Leo Award for Best Writing for Comedy or Variety. More recently he has been focusing his efforts on novels and short stories. He is a fan of Legos and Doctor Who now that there is a Doctor Who Lego set, his life is complete. Be sure to check out his other novels, short stories and non-fiction at RichHosek.com, and follow on Twitter @RichHosek and on Facebook @Written by Rich Hosek.

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	Near Death (A Raney/Daye Investigation #1) by Rich Hosek (Goodreads Author), Arnold Rudnick (Goodreads Author), Loyd Auerbach (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 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 Dead Kids Club 4.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	After Life (A Raney/Daye Investigation Book 2) by Rich Hosek (Goodreads Author), Arnold Rudnick (Goodreads Author), Loyd Auerbach (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — 3 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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The next books in both the Raney/Daye Investigation and From the Files of Eddie Horne books series will be coming out the first half of 2022. While I'm polishing those up (and getting ready for the 3rd Raney and Daye mystery) I'm devoting some of my daily word count to writing short stories.

I started my writing career when I was in college, hammering out science fiction stories on my Sears elect

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