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I write crime novels. PSYCHOSOMATIC, THE DRUMMER, plus the Billy Lafitte series--YELLOW MEDICINE, HOGDOGGIN', THE BADDEST ASS, and HOLY DEATH--and the Mustafa & Adem series--ALL THE YOUNG WARRIORS and ONCE A WARRIOR, in addition to WORM, CHOKE ON YOUR LIES, and the SLOW BEAR trilogy.

I'm an English Professor at Southwest Minnesota State University, and editor of the online lit mag Revolution John.
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	Yellow Medicine (Billy Lafitte, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 527 ratings — published 2008 — 17 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
	All The Young Warriors (Mustafa and Adem, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 237 ratings — 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
	Hogdoggin' (Billy Lafitte, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2009 — 8 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
	Psychosomatic 3.78 avg rating — 169 ratings — 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
	Choke on Your Lies 3.67 avg rating — 158 ratings — 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
	To the Devil, My Regards by Anthony Neil Smith (Goodreads Author), Victor Gischler 3.58 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Slow Bear 4.17 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Baddest Ass (Billy Lafitte, #3) 3.97 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	Worm 4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 Drummer 3.70 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2006 — 7 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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Hi Anthony. Thanks so much for Friending me. That's a very fetching profile pic you have there :)) So, how's the writing going with you?

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Feb 08, 2013 05:34PM

Laura wrote: "Nice collection of books you've got there, Anthony. But what we all really want to know is, what is Herman reading these days?"

Herman is reading our lips, searching for words like "kibble" and "outside".

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Nice collection of books you've got there, Anthony. But what we all really want to know is, what is Herman reading these days?

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