John David  Anderson

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John David Anderson

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in Indianapolis, The United States
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Member Since
March 2013


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John David Anderson once hit himself so hard on a dare by his sister that he literally knocked himself out of a chair and nearly blacked out. He has since translated this passion and singularity of purpose to the related arts of novel writing and pizza eating. The author of STANDARD HERO BEHAVIOR, SIDEKICKED, MINION, THE DUNGEONEERS and the soon-to-land MS. BIXBY's LAST DAY, Anderson is a firm believer in wearing the same pair of jeans for three days in a row (four in the winter) and the power of writing to solve 73% of the world's problems. He lives with his beautiful wife and twins in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Average rating: 4.04 · 28,285 ratings · 4,874 reviews · 21 distinct worksSimilar authors
Ms. Bixby's Last Day

4.27 avg rating — 9,081 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions
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Posted

3.90 avg rating — 8,742 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions
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Sidekicked (Sidekicked, #1)

3.94 avg rating — 2,364 ratings — published 2013 — 13 editions
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Granted

3.99 avg rating — 2,110 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions
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Finding Orion

4.02 avg rating — 1,276 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions
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One Last Shot

4.05 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions
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Stowaway (The Icarus Chroni...

3.90 avg rating — 774 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions
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Minion (Sidekicked, #2)

3.91 avg rating — 721 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions
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The Dungeoneers (Dungeoneer...

4.26 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Riley’s Ghost

3.62 avg rating — 439 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions
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“Words accumulate. And once they're free there's no taking them back.

You can do an awful lot of damage with a handful of words. Destroy a friendship. End a marriage. Start a war. Some words can break you to pieces.

But that's not all. Words can be beautiful. they can make you feel things you've never felt before. Gather enough of them and they can stick those same pieces back together, provided they're the right words, said at the right time. But that takes more courage than you'd think.”
John David Anderson, Posted

“I don't think there's too much normal out there anymore. Though there's still plenty of average to go around.”
John David Anderson, Standard Hero Behavior

“You find your people and you make your tribe and you protect each other from the wolves.”
John David Anderson, Posted

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