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J. David Osborne

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in Springfield, VA, The United States

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http://www.brokenriverbooks.com

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Crime, Fiction

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May 2009

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J David Osborne lives in Oklahoma with his wife and son.

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,722 ratings · 370 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	By The Time We Leave Here, We’ll Be Friends by J. David Osborne (Goodreads Author), Jeremy Robert Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.07 avg rating — 396 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
	Black Gum 4.03 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Low Down Death Right Easy 4.14 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit 3.80 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	A Minor Storm 4.47 avg rating — 64 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
	Dying World (Gods Fare No Better, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 46 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
	You Pray for Dry Weather at the Sight of the Sun: A Strand Essay by J. David Osborne (Goodreads Author), Tony McMillen (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Michael Kazepis (Goodreads Author) (Designer) 4.63 avg rating — 35 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
	Tomahawk 4.60 avg rating — 30 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
	Gods Fare No Better 4.44 avg rating — 27 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
	The Joy of Killing Coyotes (God$ Fare no Better, #1) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	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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J. Osborne liked kym ✨ the midnight review's review of Daughter of Rot: "Thank you to Rios de la Luz for the advance readers copy. All opinions are my own. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dedication: "To the daughters who are cycle breakers. To the daughters who have faced their shadows. May your joy be boundless." — I planned to include more quotes i" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne and 3 other people liked unstable.books's review of Daughter of Rot: "Daughter of Rot is the kind of horror that is like a fever dream that clings to you as you wake. Lush, strange, and unsettling, it uses botanical horror and magical realism to explore motherhood and the wounds that flourish inside a family. The house" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne and 2 other people liked Brenda's review of Daughter of Rot: "Thank you, Rios, for giving me the opportunity to read Daughter of Rot before anyone else! Rios takes us in an onirical journey of rot, desperation and forgiveness. On the one hand, we have a mother who is overwhelmed by her responsibilities to Olivi" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne and 6 other people liked Joe Allan's review of Gods Fare No Better: ""When one reads any strongly individual piece of writing, one has the impression of seeing a face somewhere behind the page. It is not necessarily the actual face of the writer. [...] though in several cases I do not know what these people looked lik" Read more of this review »
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J. Osborne rated a book it was amazing Coin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami	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
One of my favorite books of all time.
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“I’m convinced, though I’m no expert in biology, if you cut a dog’s brain open it would just be a perfect little human brain, with none of the bad parts.”
― J. David Osborne, By The Time We Leave Here, We'll Be Friends

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