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Michael Santolini

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Born

Sacramento, The United States

Website

http://therainbowstickboy.blogspot.com

Genre

Children's Books, Science, Short Stories

Influences

Mostly my 3 kids...

Member Since

July 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/therainbowstickboy

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Michael lives in the Sacramento area with his wife and 3 kids ages 5,3 and 1. Michael started writing his first children's e-book in Late May of 2012 and in July "The Rainbow Stick Boy" was published on Amazon. His inspiration came from reading children's books to his three children. When not writing his blog -- therainbowstickboy.blogspot.com he enjoys family time, bowling, and reviewing other kid's e-books. He also has a blog for F1 racing (F1-Racing-Blog.blogspot.com).
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