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Matthew Wayne Selznick

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Matthew Wayne Selznick is a fiction and non-fiction author, editor, creator, and consultant living in Huntington Beach, California. Best known for his award-nominated first novel BRAVE MEN RUN, he writes in a variety of genres and storyworlds.

Find him at https://www.mattselznick.com, where he can be hired to help bring your creative endeavor to the world, and where you can find articles and podcast episodes proving opinion, advice, and recommendations on staying human while creating a successful and healthy writing life, as well as personal insights, reflections, and observations. ...more

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	Brave Men Run - a Novel of the Sovereign Era 3.85 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Pilgrimage -- A Novel of the Sovereign Era (The Sovereign Era, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Reggie vs. Kaiju Storm Chimera Wolf really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	The World Revolves Around You (The Sovereign Era, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Worldbuilding For Writers, Gamers and Other Creators Volume One: Star, Planet, Moon 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012	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
	Light of the Outsider: A Fast-Paced Epic Fantasy Thriller (The Shaper's World Cycle Book 1) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	The Charters Duology: Two Novels of the Sovereign Era 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Brenhurst's Tale - Another View of "Brave Men Run" (The Sovereign Era Book 2) 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	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
	Reading The Amazing Spider-Man Volume One it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Four Stories 4.25 avg rating — 4 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

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

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“My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader. I was always told to write for the average reader in my newspaper life. The average reader, as they meant it, was some suburban white subscriber with two-point-whatever kids and three-point-whatever cars and a dog and a cat and lawn furniture. He knows nothing and he needs everything explained to him right away, so that exposition becomes this incredible, story-killing burden. Fuck him. Fuck him to hell.”
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