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David Greene

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Author of Unmentionables Book Series, Detonate, and The Elliot Blake Novels and photographer of Shameless.

Spouse of painter James Stephens. ...more

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Unmentionables wins Book of the Year award at ALA

On Saturday, June 26th, Unmentionables was awarded the bronze medal for Gay and Lesbian fiction at the Book of the Year awards at the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/bo...

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	Don't Read in the Closet: Volume Four by Megan Derr (Goodreads Author), Mark Alders, Rory Auden (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 2011 — 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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	The Winkler Case (Elliot Blake Novels, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	All to Pieces (Unmentionables, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 95 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
	Snake Bite 2.97 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011	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 Shadow's Voice (Elliot Blake Novels, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 44 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
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