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in Isabella, Oklahoma., The United States

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http://www.amazon.com/author/jrwright

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Historical Fiction, Westerns, Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

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J.R.Wright was born on a sand hill farm in Oklahoma and presently resides in Texas. To date J.R. has written ten novels including the bestselling LEGEND of the DAWN trilogy.

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Average rating: 4.19 · 937 ratings · 76 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Legend of the Dawn (Legend of the Dawn #1) 4.27 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2012 — 4 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
	Before Sundown (Legend of the Dawn #3) 4.43 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	After the Dawn (Legend of the Dawn #2) 4.55 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Legend of the Dawn: The Complete Trilogy (Legend of the Dawn #1-3) 4.43 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	And Along Came Spider (Spider, #1-4) 4.01 avg rating — 76 ratings — 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
	And Along Came Spider (Spider #1) by J.R. Wright (Goodreads Author), Mia Manns 3.98 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Twig 3.42 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Up Creek 4.23 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2014	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
	And Along Came Spider II (Spider, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Last Buckaroo 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014	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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LEGEND of the DAWN TRILOGY

LEGEND of the DAWN TRILOGY will be free on Amazon, Sunday Aug 4th. Please check it out.
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Series by J.R. Wright

Legend of the Dawn (3 books)
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Spider (4 books)
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King of Kings (3 books)
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“To arrive at a happy tomorrow, you'll need to begin the journey today.”
― J.R. Wright

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“in black”
― J.R. Wright, And Along Came Spider

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“On the banks of the Little Blue River, Nebraska Territory, 1854.”
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“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
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“I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.”
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

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“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy

tags: life

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

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