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Joe Cary

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The United States

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Thriller, Fiction

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Frederick Forsyth, Trevanian, John Fowles, Lucia Berlin

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Joe Cary writes dark literary fiction where complex characters drive the suspense, twists, and plot. He is the author of the thriller Birds of Prey Don’t Sing, which is his debut novel. His short stories have appeared in One Story, XRAY Literary Magazine, BULL, MonkeyBicycle, and elsewhere, and also earned a Special Mention in the 2020 Pushcart Prize Anthology and a Best of the Net nomination. A former Angeleno, he currently lives with his family in Philadelphia, where he fights money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes.

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Birds of Prey Don't Sing: an L.A. assassination thriller

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My Writing Journey

When I started writing Birds of Prey Don’t Sing, I was a recently jobless bachelor studying mixed martial arts and living in Los Angeles. I remember having to relearn the basic parts of speech (what’s an adverb do again?)

When I published it this year, I was an employed, married father of an amazing 11 year old daughter (and her flag football coach).

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Bullet Train (Assassins, #2)

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