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Steve Schach

Goodreads Author

Born

Cape Town, South Africa

Website

http://wanderinginthewordspress.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

Member Since

April 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/steve-schach

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For 26 years, Steve Schach was a professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. At the end of 2009, Steve moved to Sydney, Australia. Before he began writing thrillers, Steve wrote 13 best-selling software engineering textbooks, which are used in universities all over the world. Down Under, Steve intended to become a full-time grandfather, and limit his intellectual activities to solving cryptic crossword puzzles and avidly watching Sesame Street with his grandchildren. However, the urge to write proved to be far too strong to overcome, hence his historical spy thriller, Old Bach Is Come which was published in March 2013. While the book was in production, Steve completed two more historical spy thrillers, both set in World War ...more

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The Four Questions

After 25 years as an author, I’ve answered many questions about my books, but it’s usually the same three:

• When do you write? (I try to set aside a full day, and then I write for 14 hours. Also, if my writing is going really well, I like to pull an all-nighter.)

• Where do you write? (I sit at my desk in the study in our apartment in Sydney, Australia.)

• How do you write? (I use Microsoft Word o Read more of this blog post »

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	Old Bach Is Come 3.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Coopers Island by Steve Schach (Goodreads Author), Sharon Stein 3.60 avg rating — 5 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
	Double Two by Steve Schach (Goodreads Author), Sharon Stein really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Highly Satisfactory 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Matter of Trust 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Highly Satisfactory 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Bakerloo Line 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Crossword Traitor by Steve Schach (Goodreads Author), Sharon Stein 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	The Book Buyer by Steve Schach (Goodreads Author), Sharon Stein 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Chekhov’s Gun 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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