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Andrew D. Carlson

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I'm a father, husband, biochemist, cancer survivor, and an author of fiction for young adults, old adults, and everyone in between. I include science in all of my works of fiction.

I've written three books in the Sue series: Sue's Fingerprint, Sue's Vision, and Sue's Voice. These are Earth-based, light sci-fi stories of humans cloned by an alien substance that was sent from across the galaxy. Sue and the clones receive messages from the "goo" which they must deliver, but will DHS allow them? Find out! You'll like Sue, I promise.

My latest works in progress are two YA novels. The first is Alone: Alex, an orphaned high school senior, is forced to battle cancer while living with his resentful guardian. The second is Senior Experiment: Anthony st ...more

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	Sue's Fingerprint 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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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From Parents’ Magazine, November 1977 I am Andy Carstairs. Okay, I’m not. But that was the name given to me for an article that was written in 1977 about childhood leukemia. I knew this article existed–I saw it growing up, but only recently did I try to find a copy. Thanks to the good […]

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I'm Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0

by Alton Brown

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It Must've Been Something I Ate: The Return of the Man Who Ate Everything

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“Headline?" he asked.
"'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said.
"'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'" he said.
"'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'" I said.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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