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Ben Olson

Goodreads Author

Born

in Sandpoint, The United States

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Travel

Influences

poverty, hunger, lust, vanity, ego, books, navels, vaginas.

Member Since

March 2008

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Ben Olson was born and raised in north Idaho, in a small mountain town of hillbillies, realtors and hippies. He wrote "Wanderlost" in 37 days, when he was 25 years old.

He has worked as a dishwasher, busboy, bar tender, department store clerk, gas station clerk, golf pro, photographer, journalist, reclaimed lumber specialist, handyman, house painter, researcher, production assistant, producer, location scout, boat captain, propane filler, and finally, author.

After dropping out of Colorado State University after his third semester, Olson fled to Los Angeles to search for fame and fortune. He found neither. For three years he lived in disrepute, working as a low-level production assistant on television commercials and eventually documentary fi ...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 342 ratings · 25 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Warlash: Free Comic Book by Frank Forte, Mike Bliss, Jovan Sekuloski 3.32 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2007 — 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 LSAT Is Easy: Crush the LSAT with common sense. by Ben Olson (Goodreads Author), Nathan Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 51 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
	Heavy Metal #271 by Steve Mannion, Frank Forte, Robert Rhine 3.65 avg rating — 17 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
	Wanderlost 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	Monkey Puzzle #7 by Junior Burke, Junior Burke, Akilah Oliver 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009	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
	Mission to Heaven by CJ Patrick, Ben Olson (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Lessons in leadership: Making The Move From Manager To Leader 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Lessons in leadership: Making The Move From Manager To Leader 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Awesome Heroes: Be Awesome, Be Safe, Be a Hero by Ben Olson (Goodreads Author), Michaelin Otis (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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 LSAT Is Easy: Crush the LSAT with Common Sense by Ben Olson (Goodreads Author), Garan Patrick (Narrator), Nathan Fox (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Ben’s Quotes

“The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.”
― Thomas Wolfe, God's Lonely Man

tags: loneliness

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