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Don Gillette is a member of the Academy of American Poets and is an active voting member of the Horror Writers Association. He holds both BS and MA degrees in English.
Born and raised on the Atlantic Coast, he has been writing fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry since he begged for (and got) one of the original "Tom Thumb" typewriters for his 6th birthday.
Don has published three novels (Pandemonium, Rubber Dead Man, Sarcophagus), a collection of his political humor articles from time spent as a newspaper editor (The Meeker Collection), a poetry collection (The Face In The Mirror Is Not Mine), a short fiction collection (Old Leather), and a mixed media fantasy collaboration (Fallen Angels) along with several chapbooks.
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	Old Leather really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Fallen Angels by Don Gillette (Goodreads Author), Don Gilbert (With) 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
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	Collected Poems 1970-2020 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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 Meeker Collection: Humor From The Pages of The Wilson County Advocate 1991-1993 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 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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Yes, I know... what I've done right here, living in the Heart of Dixie, is damn near blasphemy.
So let me give you some history. Back in the day, I was the Personnel/Finance officer of the 3rd Battalion, 109th Armor. Our officer association was started before World War II and it was called "The Forrest Critters Officer Association," named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest who, for some r Read more of this blog post »

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To be honest, I approached this with a little tredpidation because it's marketed for the 8-12 year old crowd... but I've read enough of D.W. Gillespie's work to know I'd be wrong not to give it a chance. And I wasn't wrong. Unbelievably enjoyable, quic ...more
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Going to have to admit two things about this book. #1 - the first half was a little slow-going for me, but I don't read as fast as I used to. #2 - the second half flew by as fast as I could turn the pages Now, having said that, the reason the first half ...more
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