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Dan Groat

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Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Visit the author at DanGroat.com. He's on Facebook at facebook.com/dan.d.groat and facebook.com/Dan.Groat.Author and Twitter, @authordgroat. You can email the author, dgroatauthorATcharter.net or see him and his books on Amazon, amazon.com/Dan-Groat/e/B00BILAVWW

Dan Groat lives with his wife and their Russell Terrier near St. Louis. He is an avid sports fan and follows Mizzou football and basketball, St. Louis University basketball, the Cardinals, and the Blues. When he’s not writing, he enjoys reading, watching movies, shooting pool, and planting things and watching them grow (including trees, shrubs, flowers, and ideas). He loves his wife. He loves his dog. He loves the outdoors. He loves learning. He loves a meaningful conversation.

Dan G Visit the author at DanGroat.com. He's on Facebook at facebook.com/dan.d.groat and facebook.com/Dan.Groat.Author and Twitter, @authordgroat. You can email the author, dgroatauthorATcharter.net or see him and his books on Amazon, amazon.com/Dan-Groat/e/B00BILAVWW

Dan Groat lives with his wife and their Russell Terrier near St. Louis. He is an avid sports fan and follows Mizzou football and basketball, St. Louis University basketball, the Cardinals, and the Blues. When he’s not writing, he enjoys reading, watching movies, shooting pool, and planting things and watching them grow (including trees, shrubs, flowers, and ideas). He loves his wife. He loves his dog. He loves the outdoors. He loves learning. He loves a meaningful conversation.

Dan Groat gathered his formal education from the elementary and secondary public schools of DeSoto, Missouri, Jefferson College, the University of Missouri, and Southeast Missouri State University. His non-formal education was accumulated as a newspaper delivery boy, a grass cutter, a lunch ticket puncher, a factory laborer, a quality control technician, a hod carrier, a pool hall assistant manager, a plumber’s helper, a rock band manager, a bartender, a secondary math teacher, a furniture delivery man, a cross country coach, a shipping warehouse order filler, a consultant to an educational software company, a help desk person at an insurance company, a college math teacher, a seed merchandiser, a bank courier, and an author. His informal education was collected in group interactions pursuing interests he chose or interests that were chosen for him. The learning continues, intentional or not…

FROM THE AUTHOR:

My writing is shaped intentionally and innately by the beliefs I value most, the beauty of love, the requirements of loyalty, the benefits of individualism and self-reliance, the pursuit of liberty and happiness and good health, the struggle for integrity and order and justice, the necessity of ambition and hard work and competition and achievement, the search for growth and virtue and spirituality, the power of reason and cooperation and compromise. I write to strengthen hope... both mine and yours.

Why do I write? I write to escape and be entertained. I write to communicate and connect. I write to better understand the world and the human condition. I write to leave something behind.

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Average rating: 4.4 · 155 ratings · 82 reviews · 6 distinct works

	A Punctual Paymaster 4.22 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Monarchs and Mendicants (Gifford Ulrich, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Pianos and Penance (Gifford Ulrich Book 2) 4.79 avg rating — 14 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
	An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Impressions 4.83 avg rating — 12 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
	Back Home. What Wonderful Words. What A Wonderful Place.: For Console table, End table Coffee table, Bookshelf Display \| Design on Spine 11"x8"inch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“There is a silent deference for one another, a distance that is kept, and lines that aren’t crossed, but in their sharing, they each try to pay tribute to the bond in their own way. As often as possible, they open up a little and give what they can.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

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“What a wonderful sadness to miss the one you have loved forever, it seems, and know that she is waiting at home.”
― Dan Groat, An Enigmatic Escape: A Trilogy

tags: miss, missing, missing-someone, missing-you-quotes, sad, sadness, sadness-quotes, waiting, waiting-for-you, waiting-quotes

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“We lose keys and we find keys and we get new keys. We just have to find the ones that unlock the right doors. Sometimes, we have keys, but we don’t know what door they fit. That can be the hardest part, putting the right key in the right door.”
― Dan Groat, Monarchs and Mendicants

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“A hopeful journey is more important than the destination.”
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“True genius is a complete stranger to most, a momentary acquaintance to others, a lasting friend to few.”
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“We are born among relatives. Family is defined by loyalty.”
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“It seems to me that smart people seem to know things and wise people know how to use what they know. Smart is a big help to a man; wise is a big help to lots of men.”
― Dan Groat, A Punctual Paymaster

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“It made him wonder if all things taken from their home too soon lost some of their bloom.”
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