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Stephen L. Brayton is a Sixth Degree Black Belt and certified instructor in the American Taekwondo Association.

He began writing as a child; his first short story concerned a true incident about his reactions to discipline. During high school, he wrote for the school newspaper and was a
photographer for the yearbook. For a Mass Media class, he wrote and edited a video project.

In college, he began a personal journal for a writing class; said journal is ongoing. He was also a reporter for the college newspaper.

During his early twenties, while working for a Kewanee, Illinois radio station, he wrote a fantasy based story and a trilogy for a comic book.

He has three books published: Night Shadows, The Peace Tree Mystery, and A Cold New Year.

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	ALPHA: A Mallory Petersen Mystery 4.18 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
	A Cold New Year 4.83 avg rating — 12 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
	Iowa's Original Writers Anthology 2015 by Matthew Davenport (Goodreads Author), Kathryn Daugherty (Goodreads Author), Stephen Brayton (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 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
	ALPHA really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	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
	BETA by Brayton, Stephen, Stephen Brayton (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Iowa's Original Writers Anthology 2015 by Wendy Siefken (Goodreads Author), Kathryn Daugherty (Goodreads Author), Stephen Brayton (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Strong Women by NeoLeaf Press (Goodreads Author), Stephen Brayton (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Denhartog it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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1958. A group of fifth and sixth graders from a small Texas town explore a secluded valley one night because of a sighting of something strange. A UFO? Each of the children experiences something weird that affects their dr ...more "

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Stephen Brayton rated a book really liked it Ward D by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	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
Plot Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this requi ...more
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Stephen Brayton rated a book really liked it War Hawk (Tucker Wayne, #2) by James Rollins (Goodreads Author)	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
My Analysis I’ve enjoyed books by Rollins for many years. the Sigma series is very enjoyable. This book is the second in the Tucker Wayne series. But, I thought anything by Rollins should be pretty good. I thought the writing of Tucker was very well do ...more
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Stephen Brayton rated a book really liked it Cut Thin to Win by A.A. Fair	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
My Analysis I truly enjoy every one of the Lam and Cool mysteries. They’re fast-paced, not a lot of setting description. The plot and the characters make these books. This one is no exception. Gardner does a wonder job of presenting the case, getting L ...more
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Stephen Brayton rated a book really liked it The Chain by Adrian McKinty	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
Plot It’s something parents do every morning: Rachel Klein drops her daughter at the bus stop and heads into her day. But a cell phone call from an unknown number changes everything: it’s a woman on the line, informing her that she has Kylie bound and ...more
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Stephen Brayton rated a book really liked it Mystery (Alex Delaware, #26) by Jonathan Kellerman	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
My Analysis Another good story from Kellerman. A murder, Milo and Davenport following the clues, and the story unfolds to reveal much more than expected. These are always enjoyable. There was a little too much talking at the end, the revealing of every ...more
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My Analysis Think about this I can sum it up in one sentence. Standard fare with a lot of build-up to an oft-used conclusion. Logan was almost a secondary character here. He was more of an observer than an actual ‘doer’ intricately involved in the shap ...more
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