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Michael W. Anderson

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Born

in Seattle, WA, The United States

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http://www.mwandersonbooks.com

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Genre

Thriller, Fiction, Suspense

Influences

Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, William Golding

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October 2013

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It was 2008. I had taken a year and a half hiatus from law school at the University of Pennsylvania and moved half-way across the world (maybe further), to Doha, Qatar. I had been granted a Fulbright Fellowship by the U.S. Department of State, and in between conducting my research, teaching at Qatar University, battling intermittent internet access and exploring the country (camel races, cross country motorcycle rides, visiting the souqs, etc.), I found myself with extra time on my hands and, for the first time in my life, an insatiable desire to write.

I've always been an "ideas guy." But I soon found out that writing was more than simply putting ideas on paper. There is not only an art to it, but a science. A writer must understand concep ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 112 ratings · 47 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Provoke Not The Children 3.62 avg rating — 97 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
	The Civility Code (Civilogy, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016 — 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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Kindle Unlimited (KU): Is it good or bad?

Kindle Unlimited (KU) seems to elicit strong viewpoints from authors, both for and against. I don’t really have an axe to grind in this fight. KU is the equivalent to Netflix for books. It is a monthly subscription service by Amazon where readers can pay $9.99/month to have unlimited access to any titles that have been enrolled in […]

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The 4-Hour Workweek

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Charity's Cross (Charles Towne Belles, #4)

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“The stereotypical Pacific Northwest weather hadn’t inspired me to bring an umbrella; the precipitation wasn’t heavy enough to dampen my clothing. Besides, there was no quicker way to say “I’m not from around here” than to carry an umbrella.”
― Michael W. Anderson, Provoke Not The Children

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