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I live with my family on a small farm in the Northeast Georgia mountains. I write full-time. I was born and raised in Africa, where I wrote radio soapie scripts for around three years — thousands of pages of it. At least that taught me dialogue! I published three short stories in a national magazine and wrote two plays that were successfully staged.
Here in the U.S. I earned a masters in theology from Emory University in Atlanta, and self-published four non-fiction books. I feel that the MTS degree was a good move to get my writing started up again. Did they make me write!
I've recently completed my first novel, "Yesu's Baboon," of which I am inordinately proud.
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	Through Pain to Victory: A Christian Guide through Chronic Pain it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
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	Arrows of God: Essays on Job, the Apostle Paul, Immanuel Kant, St. Augustine, Martin Luther, René Descartes, Bob Marley, and more it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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Shots Fired in Anger: A Rifleman's Eye View of the Activities on the Island of Guadalcanal

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