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Gareth S. Young

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Born

in Kilwinning, Scotland, The United Kingdom

Website

http://1000trillionsuns.blogspot.com/

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Thriller, Fantasy, Young Adult

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September 2011

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Gareth S. Young was born and raised in Scotland, but has now lived for more than 15 years in the American Midwest. This has played havoc with his accent.

In 2010, he published his first full length story, a mystery/suspense novel called Monsters.

In April 2013, his short story "The Orange-headed Serpent" was published in the Orange Karen Anthology.

In 2016, he published his second full length novel, The Wolves of Dynamo, part one of an audacious YA urban fantasy series.

Other upcoming works include Persephone, the much anticipated follow up to Monsters, and part two of the Dynamo City saga. ...more

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Average rating: 4.41 · 104 ratings · 27 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Monsters 4.22 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior by Susan Ethridge (Editor), Jennifer Gracen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Steven Luna (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Wolves of Dynamo (Dynamo City, #1) 4.60 avg rating — 10 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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Snobbery and hubris from the traditional publishing world bred some hurt feelings on the self-published side of the industry. To ease the pain, "Selfies" like to point out that they maintain control over their work and don't have to sell their souls like the "Trads" do. I don't think many believe that argument completely, but there's a lot of self-satisfaction in the idea of being in

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Echopraxia (Firefall, #2)

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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

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“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Dec 08, 2015 06:01AM

Hi, Kira! Aye, I've been adding some of my twitter friends and I'm delighted to run into you again :) Hope to run into you again either here or on twitter! lol.

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