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Simon Hertnon

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in Tauranga, New Zealand

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Nonfiction, Philosophy, Fiction

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See also: William Henry (Simon's fiction pen name)

Simon is a philosopher from New Zealand who has spent much of his life travelling, reading, teaching, writing, and watching movies. He has a degree in Linguistics from Victoria University of Wellington and a love of language and story-telling that leads him to many authors and genres. He has written an update to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs as well as books on relationships, writing, rare words and, most recently, a novel (as William Henry). He lives in Auckland with his wife and twin daughters.

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	Endangered Words: a Collection of Rare Gems for Word Lovers 4.12 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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
	Love and Logic: A man's guide to commitment it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Clear > Concise > Compelling: How to write less and achieve more 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
	Endangered Words: Simon Hertnon's guided tour of one hundred exceptional rare words 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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