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David W. Tollen

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David Tollen writes young adult fantasy novels that teach history and science, as well as nonfiction about technology law.

David is a lawyer, amateur historian, experienced speaker, professional trainer, expert witness, and instructor at U.C. Berkeley Law School. His work in all these roles calls on him to turn complex ideas into simple, clear stories, how-to guides, and presentations.

David's first novel, THE JERICHO RIVER, uses fantasy to teach history to young adults. It's won multiple honors, including first place in its category at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and a bronze medal in the Readers' Favorite Book Reviews & Awards Contest.

David's second work of fiction is SECRETS OF HOMINEA, a book of interconnected short stories and ...more

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Hello :) Why did you use a pseudonym for "The Jericho River"?

David W. Tollen Good catch, Zahraa! My real name is David Tollen, but I also write law books under that name, and I'm the founder of a San Francisco law firm. So I wa…moreGood catch, Zahraa! My real name is David Tollen, but I also write law books under that name, and I'm the founder of a San Francisco law firm. So I was concerned about "blending" my brand -- concerned people would goodle David the law author/lawyer and find my history/fantasy writings, and get confused. So I published The Jericho River's first edition under a pen name "David Carthage."

Eventually, though, I decided my concern had been wrong and that blending the two roles might actually be a good thing. Makes for an interesting story. And who knows? -- a few law readers might get interested in the fantasy/history books, for themselves or their kids, or vice-versa. So in the second edition, I went with my real name (at the same time as we updated the cover, for independent reasons).(less)

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David W. Tollen David Tollen I'm working on another young people's book that uses fantasy to teach history and science. It's called Secrets of Hominea, and it's a se…more David Tollen I'm working on another young people's book that uses fantasy to teach history and science. It's called Secrets of Hominea, and it's a series of connected short stories set in an alternate world, with strange people and creatures but run on principles of evolution and natural science, just like our world. Expect it in 2015, from Winifred Press.

I'm also working on a training program about IT contracts, related to my book, The Tech Contracts Handbook. Most likely, it'll be distributed as DVD's or online.(less)

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	The Tech Contracts Handbook: Cloud Computing Agreements, Software Licenses, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople 4.05 avg rating — 119 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
	The Jericho River by David W. Tollen (Goodreads Author), David Carthage 3.73 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Tech Contracts Handbook: Software Licenses, Cloud Computing Agreements, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings	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 Tech Indemnities Pocket Guide: Indemnities in Software and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings	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 Tech Contracts Handbook: Software Licenses and Technology Services Agreement for Lawyers and Businesspeople 3.50 avg rating — 6 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 Tech Contracts Pocket Guide: Software and Services Agreements for Salespeople, Contract Managers, Business Developers, and Lawyers 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	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
	Secrets of Hominea by David W. Tollen (Goodreads Author), Mark Ferrari (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Tech Contracts Handbook: Software Licenses, Cloud Computing Agreements, and Other IT Contracts for Lawyers and Businesspeople Third Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“History is a drop in humanity’s bucket of time. The period we usually call “history” takes up the last five thousand years. By its start—the start of writing and civilization—many people had already been living in farming societies for six thousand years. And before that we’d been hunter-gatherers for two hundred thousand years. When history began, we already had a long history. — William Gallo, The Historical Factoids Pocket Guide (Chicago, 2009), 5.”
― David W. Tollen, The Jericho River: A Novel About the History of Western Civilization

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