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Nick James

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I grew up in the small island town of Anacortes, Washington, where an active imagination was often a prerequisite for a good time. No shopping malls, no movie theater, etc, etc. My first brush with publishing was in third grade, where we were encouraged to not only write stories, but to publish, bind and present them. I think the teacher got more than she bargained for because I was soon amassing quite a personal library of colored-paper bound sagas.

As a kid, I was a voracious reader of comic books. Of course, they didn’t sell them anywhere in little Anacortes, so it was a thirty-mile drive “off island” to get them. At that age, it wasn’t even about the pictures. It was one hundred percent the stories. I was always attracted to the big dram ...more

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For today only, SKYSHIP ACADEMY: THE PEARL WARS is only $1.99 on Amazon as part of its Daily Deals. Been wanting to check out the first book in the series? This is your chance!
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Average rating: 3.74 · 2,558 ratings · 309 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Pearl Wars (Skyship Academy, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 2011 — 10 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
	Crimson Rising (Skyship Academy #2) 3.88 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2012 — 9 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
	Strikeforce (Skyship Academy, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Skyship Academy: Crimson Rising 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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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message 9: by Christine

May 19, 2012 03:18PM

thanks for being my friend

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message 8: by TheDigressiveApproach

Sep 13, 2011 01:35PM

Thanks for the friends request Nick! :D

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message 7: by Sarah

Sep 10, 2011 08:10PM

Hi Nick, thanks for the friend request! C=

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message 6: by Evie

Sep 09, 2011 06:41AM

Hi Nick! Thanks for the friendship! :)

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message 5: by Christian

Sep 09, 2011 02:42AM

Hi! Thanks for the friendship. Skyship Academy is a really cool idea; I can't wait to buy my own copy of the book. I was wondering, how many books are there in the series?

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message 4: by Nick

Sep 01, 2011 05:54PM

Kristen wrote: "Thanks for the add Nick! I'll be reading your book soon. Looks awesome! :) I love Brian K. Vaughan too and believe Y: The Last Man would make an awesome movie or tv show. :)"

Definitely! In fact, I think they've been working on getting that off the ground. I remember hearing that at one point Shia Labeouf was attached to star.

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message 3: by Kristen

Sep 01, 2011 05:37PM

Thanks for the add Nick! I'll be reading your book soon. Looks awesome! :) I love Brian K. Vaughan too and believe Y: The Last Man would make an awesome movie or tv show. :)

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message 2: by Christie

Aug 22, 2011 07:47PM

Thanks for friending me! Skyship Academy sounds super cool!

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message 1: by P.J.

Aug 15, 2011 08:38AM

Thanks for the friendship!

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