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Larry Crane

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Transplanted to Maine mid-westerner Larry Crane brings a Heartland sensibility to his writing. Larry graduated from West Point, served in the Army, and commuted to Wall Street from New Jersey. His writing includes articles for outdoor magazines, stage plays, short fiction, and his most recent thriller novel, A Bridge to Treachery. Crane is a volunteer videographer for his local Public Access Television Station. Larry and wife Jan now live on the coast of Maine.

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Larry Crane I know there are lots of writers who keep up with a daily regimen of putting words on on the screen, but I have to be turned on to an idea of a book b…moreI know there are lots of writers who keep up with a daily regimen of putting words on on the screen, but I have to be turned on to an idea of a book before I can even start. But once started, it's gang busters.(less)
Larry Crane I originally wrote a play (named Transit of Venus) that was the essence of the major conflict of the story in Missing Girls. It was read in several th…moreI originally wrote a play (named Transit of Venus) that was the essence of the major conflict of the story in Missing Girls. It was read in several theaters but never made it to the stage. I adapted the the play to novel form. The process resulted in a much richer story, I think. The novel has been well received, and still elicits a pretty strong response from readers/audience members--- very often negatively. But there often is very positive reaction as well, and that seems to get people reading it.

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Up From Adams Street

My coming of age memoir Kindle Version is now available on Amazon.

US Review of Books --- "I wished I could be more definitive in my plans. She wished she had been more definitive in hers. It felt as if we were balanced on the edge of a knife and could fall off on either side."

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“could never become real if I could just hold my eyes open. Powerlessness. Do you know anything about it? I couldn’t hold out forever. As the days slipped away with no contact from anyone,”
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“If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.”
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
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