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Gary Reilly


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Comics & Graphic Novels, Literature & Fiction


Gary Reilly was a writer.

Simply stated, that was the essence of the man.

Born in Arkansas City, Kansas he spent his early years in Kansas and Colorado in a large Irish-Catholic family–seven brothers and sisters. The family moved to Denver where Gary attended parochial high school, graduating in 1967.

He served two years in the army, including a tour in Vietnam as a military policeman.

After discharge, Gary majored in English at Colorado State University and continued studies at the Denver campus of the University of Colorado.

All along, his overarching ambition was to write fiction. And he did, prodigiously. His first published short story, The Biography Man, was included in the Pushcart Prize Award anthology in 1979.

Later he turned to novels, ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 492 ratings · 159 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors
The Asphalt Warrior (Aspha...
3.62 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions
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Ticket To Hollywood (Asphal...
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The Heart of Darkness Club ...
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Home for the Holidays (Asph...
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Pick Up at Union Station
3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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Doctor Lovebeads (Asphalt W...
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The Circumstantial Man
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The Enlisted Men's Club
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Devil's Night (The Asphalt ...
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Dark Night of the Soul
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Series by Gary Reilly

The Asphalt Warrior Ticket To Hollywood The Heart of Darkness Club Home for the Holidays Doctor Lovebeads Pick Up at Union Station Devil's Night
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“I had never liked bullying of any sort, especially when an individual acquires his courage by becoming part of a faceless mob. I always say if you need fake courage, get it out of a bottle like I do.”
― Gary Reilly, Ticket To Hollywood
tags: bullying
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“One thing I had learned in college was that if you ever had a question about truth, reality, or the meaning of existence, read a novel by Albert Camus. Pretty soon you'll be so baffled you'll forget the question.”
― Gary Reilly, The Heart of Darkness Club
tags: introspection, the-meaning-of-life
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“My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.”
― Gary Reilly, Ticket To Hollywood
tags: creative-process, humor, imagination, writer-s-block, writing
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