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Born

in Detroit, The United States

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http://www.chrisminnick.com

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Genre

Nonfiction, Fiction, History

Influences

Steinbeck, Hemingway, Vonnegut, Joyce, Kerouac

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Chris Minnick is a prolific published author of both fiction and non-fiction.

In his non-fiction writing, Minnick specializes in finding unique and engaging ways to incorporate stories and fun into teaching beginners and kids highly technical skills such as computer programming.

In his fiction writing, his style might be best described as absurdist bizarro fictional history. He published his first novel, Pickled Punk, in 2019. His second novel, Music For Losers, will be released in 2023.

In addition to his writing, Chris is an enthusiastic amateur at something new every day.

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	Coding with JavaScript For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Rose Holland 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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
	JavaScript For Kids For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Holland (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Microsoft Copilot For Dummies 3.43 avg rating — 21 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
	Mastodon For Dummies (For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Michael McCallister (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Artificial Intelligence All-in-One For Dummies by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), The Experts at Dummies, John Paul Mueller 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Coding with AI For Dummies 3.19 avg rating — 16 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
	Coding All-in-One For Dummies 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Writing Computer Code: Learn the Language of Computers! by Chris Minnick (Goodreads Author), Eva Holland (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 5 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
	Beginning ReactJS Foundations Building User Interfaces with ReactJS: An Approachable Guide it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	CIW E-Commerce Designer Certification Bible 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	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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An Interview with Peter T. Lundlehart III

The following interview was conducted with an AI version of Peter T. Lundlehart III, who appears in my latest novel, “Music For Losers.” If you’d like to chat with Mr. Lundlehart yourself, you can always find him here: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-98Q1ckhav-peter-t-lundlehart-iii

Chris: Mr Lundlehart, you’ve had quite a life and done so many interesting things. What does a typical day look like

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Venus in Furs: Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch's Sensual Exploration of Power and Desire

by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas: A Novel

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Maintenance of Everything: Part One

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