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Derek Blount

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The United States

Website

http://www.derekblount.com

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Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Humor and Comedy

Member Since

July 2015

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Derek Blount is an award-winning author who spent two decades in the world of corporate finance before fully engaging his career in writing.

Derek's pulse-pounding Hostile Takeover Thrillogy--including Hostile Takeover , Second Son and Final Reckoning has garnered critical praise including:

"Derek Blount knows how to build tension with the best of contemporary thriller authors." -- Anne Hillerman, NY Times Bestselling Novelist

"I could not put this book down. The plot is fabulous, the characters are fabulous, the writing is fabulous…and every detail of the New Mexico desert rings true to this former New Mexican." -- Anne Taintor, annetaintor.com

His first published work, The Three Christmases of William Spencer , reached #1 in Am ...more

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Derek Blount’s books

Average rating: 4.43 · 940 ratings · 122 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hostile Takeover (Hostile Takeover Thrillogy Book 1) 4.40 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	The Three Christmases of William Spencer 4.45 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Second Son (Hostile Takeover Thrillogy Book 2) 4.38 avg rating — 183 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
	Final Reckoning 4.70 avg rating — 50 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
	God Spark 4.78 avg rating — 9 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
	Tango Six: A Screenplay 4.80 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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“So you got the wrong sled."

Grandpa's deep voice startled me...

"Yes, sir," I said. " I wanted the one in Mercer's window, but Santa brought one that wasn't nearly as good. And I haven't been bad this year or anything... "

"That Santa Claus stuff is all well and good, but Santa gets a lot of help from the parents of little kids. Now maybe you're too young to understand what I'm talking about but maybe you should ponder it awhile before you decide not to like that nice red sled sitting on the back porch.”
― Derek Blount, The Three Christmases of William Spencer

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“If you look hard enough for a reason to be unhappy, you'll always find it. And that's how a lot of people live their lives. But the opposite is also true: if you look hard enough for a reason to be happy, you can find that too. And most of the time, you really shouldn't have to look that hard.”
― Derek Blount, The Three Christmases of William Spencer

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“Happiness is an attitude, not a condition.”
― Derek Blount, The Three Christmases of William Spencer

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