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Larry K. Collins

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Born

in Burbank, CA, The United States

Website

http://www.lornalarry.com

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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Larry Collins and his wife, Lorna, co-wrote their first book, 31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park, a memoir of building Universal Studios, Japan. They have since written two mysteries:Murder…They Wrote and Murder in Paradise, and are currently working on more in this series.
They wrote The Memory Keeper, a historical novel set in San Juan Capistrano between 1820 and 1890, and are working on a sequel.
Larry’s book of short stories, Lakeview Park, was published in 2011.
He has completed seven books in his McGregor Chronicles sci-fi fantasy series.
He lives in Dana Point, California, visits Hawaii whenever he can, and surfs every weekday.

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	31 Months in Japan: The Building of a Theme Park by Larry K. Collins (Goodreads Author), Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005 — 4 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 Memory Keeper by Larry K. Collins (Goodreads Author), Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Murder...They Wrote (Agapé Jones Mysteries Book 1) by Larry K. Collins (Goodreads Author), Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 6 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
	Saving Mike (The McGregor Chronicles #1) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Murder in Paradise (Agapé Jones Mysteries Book 2) by Larry K. Collins (Goodreads Author), Lorna Collins (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Escape from Eden (The McGregor Chronicles #2) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Lakeview Park: A Short Story Collection it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Alien Invasion (The McGregor Chronicles #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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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