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John Briggs

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in Doytlestown, PA, The United States

April 19

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Born outside Philadelphia and raised in the Pocono Mountains, I've been an avid reader for as long as I can remember. Well, we had no TV when I was a kid, so I'm sure that helped. Yeah, I know. My son thinks I grew up with the dinosaurs. My favorite books as a child were middle-grade biographies, which definitely taught me how to write them. I couldn't put them down. Today, I mostly write humorous books, including picture books, children's joke books, and the political satire "A Vote for Jesus". I currently live in upstate New York with a teenager, a tween, and a toddler. Yeah, I'm pretty tired. ...more

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	Leaping Lemmings! by John Briggs (Goodreads Author), Nicola Slater (Illustrations) 3.89 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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
	Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom 3.92 avg rating — 12 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
	Judy Garland: Little Woman, Big Talent 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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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	Monster Madness!: More Than 600 Frightfully Funny Jokes, Riddles & Puns it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	Lost in the Timbre: Fables, Parables & Flash Fiction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	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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Book Birthday: A Vote for Jesus Releases Today!

A Vote for Jesus, an old-fashioned political satire that confronts modern politics, releases today. While bookstores unfortunately remained closed due to COVID-19, print and ebooks can be ordered through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, and of course, hundreds of individual independent bookstore websites.

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Published on April 14, 2020 13:22 • Tags: 2020-election, donald-trump-joke, modern-satire, political-humor, political-satire, satire

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Ethics: A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory

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