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Rich Samuels

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Born

in New York, The United States

March 23

Website

https://RichPerceptions.com

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Young Adult, Fiction, Children's

Influences

Jean Shepherd, Charles Dickens

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I first thought of myself as a writer at nine years old, but I didn’t get around to the heart of the matter until much later. In the meantime, I honed my storytelling skills through documentary filmmaking, video editing, scriptwriting, and assorted other diversions.

Today, I've written five novels for teens and young adults and have a thriving career as a freelance writer, ghostwriting for authors around the world. I've never been happier! ...more

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	Getting What I Deserve 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings — 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
	My Life at the Bottom of the Food Chain 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Own the Scrawny 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	My Epic Life (Alexander Adventure, #3) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	SoupChad by Rich Samuels (Goodreads Author), Sam Rapp (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 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
	Why Do You Think They Call it a Ghost Town? (Alexander's Short, #1) 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
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Getting What I Deserve ranks high in Amazon’s Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction category — and that tells me something important.

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