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Vincent Donovan, a two-time quarter-finalist in the highly competitive Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, graduated with a B.A in English from Merrimack College and an M.B.A from Rivier University. For over twenty-seven years, Vin worked in leadership positions in the biopharmaceutical industry, allowing him to bring a unique blend of creativity and business acumen to his writing. A runner most of his life, Vin uses that time to work out plot lines and characters. He has a large family with crazy and creative grandsons but is especially passionate about being the change you want to see in the world by volunteering with the Society of St Vincent de Paul to help many who have nowhere else to turn. No work of charity is foreign to this ministr ...more

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	Only Dead Leaves Fall 3.78 avg rating — 45 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
	Secret Seeds 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 6 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
	A Difficult Crossing 4.09 avg rating — 11 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

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New release: "A Difficult Crossing"

I'm excited to see "A Difficult Crossing" in print! Writing this story has been a goal since the 1970’s and inspired by a couple people from my hometown that marched to their own beat. What I found I found intriguing in pursuing this project over the years, was not portraying a Forest Gump “life is a box of chocolates” outlook, but rather, the bittersweet portrayal of two characters living on the Read more of this blog post »

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Chasing Mayflies

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Resisting Happiness

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Vincent Donovan made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Correction topic " I submitted this request in mid-April. I would sincerely appreciate if you could address when time allows: The ISBN and ASIN for "Only Dead Leaves Fal ...more "
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Vincent Donovan made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Correction topic " Hello Librarians! I'm following up on a correction I submitted in mid-April for "A Difficult Crossing." This Kindle edition has been republished under ...more "
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Vincent Donovan made a comment on Kaydi’s review of Secret Seeds " Many thanks for the review! I apologize for the errors which have been corrected. "
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Vincent Donovan liked Taylor's review of Secret Seeds: "Secret Seeds pulls you in from the very first line and refuses to let go. It’s masterfully written, with the perfect blend of darkness and the supernatural- eerie enough to give you chills, yet grounded enough to feel disturbingly real. The suspense " Read more of this review »
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