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Paul Markun

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Paul Markun grew up in the Canal Zone of Panama. The youngest of four, his parents eventually moved to Washington, D.C. where he attended Sidwell Friends School. Paul met his wife Rachel, an attorney, when he was 18 and she was even younger at the University of Chicago.
His mother wrote a dozen children’s books and was a speech writer, but his parents’ stories of the Depression scared him so much he decided to be an entrepreneur first, make some money, and then pursue writing. That took longer than he planned. After three loving children, and thirty years in Silicon Valley, he finally figured it out.
License is his second novel. The Big Disrupter was the first in the series.

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	The Big Disrupter 4.10 avg rating — 20 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
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	'Twas the Dream it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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

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