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David Zimmerman

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David Zimmerman was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended Emerson College and the University of Alabama. He spent several years living and working in Brazil and Ethiopia. After winning the Three-Day-Novel Contest, Anvil Press published the resulting novella, Socket. His debut novel, The Sandbox, was published by Soho Press in 2010, and his newest novel, Caring is Creepy, will be released in April of 2012. He now teaches at Iowa State University.

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This is my first time releasing a book as a member of Goodreads. Sadly, it took me almost 45 minutes to get my official page set up. Now I'm having a quiet release party in my office. I'm dancing a nimble chair dance to Blondie's Greatest Hits and drinking luke warm Coke.

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Published on April 02, 2012 09:24 Tags: caring-is-creepy, david-zimmerman, dmacc-reading, notes-in-bottles
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