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Jamie Butterworth

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I am a full member of the SFWA and a mid-40s AuDHD father of three whose midlife crisis was therapy. My writing is heavily influenced by my work volunteering with grieving children and my interest in how neurodivergent people navigate rigid systems. I published my first book in 2013 and found a surprising amount of success with over 1,000 copies sold in the first year, but life hit me like a ton of bricks and I didn't write anything else for over a decade. Now I'm back with a focus on turning writing into a career with no end of stories to tell and characters pouring out of my head. ...more

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The Unnamed (The Book of Names Duology, #1)

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