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Tyler Compton

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in Sacramento, CA, The United States

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Detective, Mystery, Young Adult

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Tyler Compton graduated from CSU, Sacramento in 2002 with a BA in Theatre Arts and a minor in Film Studies. He has worked in the pool industry, as a server, bartender, and (for one hilarious evening) as club security.

He currently resides in Los Angeles where he's witnessed various forms of crime, including someone breaking into his apartment while he was in it.

His first novel, The Poisonous Ten, was recently an Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Mystery/Suspense category of the 2013 USA Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. His second novel in the Detective Parks series, Wicked Games, was released in December of that same year. The third book in the series, The Blue Condition, was released in June of 2016.

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	The Poisonous Ten (Detective Parks, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 58 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
	Wicked Games (Detective Parks, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Blue Condition (Detective Parks, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 21 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 Fast Out (Chance Harper, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 9 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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One of the things I figure I should be blogging about along with where some inspirational ideas to my writing come from is also some of the local places that have helped inspire my writings as well. One of those is the Watts Towers. I’ve known about them almost since I first moved to LA fifteen years ago and have wanted to visit them just as long. It was only just this last month that I finally di

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