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Nicholas Lyon

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Historical Fiction, Romance, Horror

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Dennis Lehane

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Oklahoma native Nicholas Lyon is the author of the award-winning novel The Baptist Bootlegger, a historical fiction novel set in the time of prohibition in Oklahoma. He’s been writing since taking a creative writing class in college. He’s been a member of the writing groups Red Dirt Writers and Rose Rock wRiters, as well as a member of the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. He’s served on the board of the OWFI since 2018 in the positions of PR Director, President, Past-President, and First Vice-President. Currently, he’s keeping up with his blog and putting the finishing touches on a horror novel.
When he’s not writing, he’s teaching high school English and Speech, he’s a dad and husband, he’s a guitar player in the band The Dead Armadillos, ...more

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I didn’t know when I sat down to write my recent book that I would be writing a romance. I wanted to set the book in a bookstore, but I didn’t know what would happen after that. I strolled through the story the way many of you will the first time you read it. I … Continue reading Bookshop Soundtrack Read more of this blog post »

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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

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Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)

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