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David Schoorens

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in Needham, Massachusetts, The United States

February 24

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http://www.refugedavidschoorens.com/

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I'm a veteran junior officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, once serving as the Operations Officer of Baltimore Group. In that job I learned much about the operations of the Coast Guard small boat stations found along our shores. One such station found in Eastport, Maine, plays a prominent role in my political and moral thriller Refuge: A Novel of Lost Democracy.

I've been around. I lived in Maryland before moving to Germany for four years. While there, I earned my second graduate degree from Boston University in Brussels, Belgium. Cheyenne, Wyoming, came next before going back to Germany once more. In 2001, we settled back in the United States.

Living in other parts of the United States and in Germany, as well as studies alongside people from all ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

David Schoorens I think The Martian, once more. I thought it would be useful to read it again, not so much for the exciting story, but for an examination of the autho…moreI think The Martian, once more. I thought it would be useful to read it again, not so much for the exciting story, but for an examination of the author's style. It's written in first person and as it so happens, my second novel will be written in first person. So, why not learn from a master.(less)

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

David Schoorens My whole life I've loved reading history. I'd often imagine what it must have been like to be at the signing of the Magna Carta or the Declaration of …moreMy whole life I've loved reading history. I'd often imagine what it must have been like to be at the signing of the Magna Carta or the Declaration of Independence. Or experience - from a safe distance of course - the Battle of Gettysburg and landing at Omaha Beach. Well, none of that will happen.

But if it could happen. If there was a way to travel back in time. Or forward in time just to see if we have managed to survive as a civilization. That is the world that H.G. Well created in The Time Machine. To visit not one fictional world, but all our worlds that were, or will be. Now that would be something.(less)

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