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Creston Mapes

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in Medina, Ohio, The United States

April 21

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Cormac McCarthy, JD Salinger, Patricia Highsmith, Frank Peretti

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Creston Mapes grew up in northeast Ohio, where he has fond memories of living with his family of five in the upstairs portion of his dad’s early American furniture store - The Weathervane Shop. Creston was not a good student, but the one natural talent he possessed was writing.

He set type by hand and cranked out his own neighborhood newspaper as a kid, then went on to graduate with a degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University. Creston was a newspaper reporter and photographer in Ohio and Florida, then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for a job as a creative copywriter.

Creston served for a stint as a creative director, but quickly learned he was not cut out for management. He went out on his own as a freelance writer in 1991 and, o ...more

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Average rating: 4.48 · 21,969 ratings · 1,979 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fear Has a Name (The Crittendon Files #1) 4.21 avg rating — 4,308 ratings — published 2005 — 19 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
	I Am In Here 4.52 avg rating — 2,336 ratings — 7 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
	Signs of Life (Signs of Life #1) 4.49 avg rating — 2,094 ratings — published 2019 — 14 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
	Poison Town (The Crittendon Files #2) 4.44 avg rating — 1,819 ratings — published 2017 — 19 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
	Nobody 4.28 avg rating — 1,671 ratings — 24 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
	Sky Zone (The Crittendon Files #3) 4.63 avg rating — 1,355 ratings — 17 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
	Let My Daughter Go (Signs of Life #2) 4.64 avg rating — 1,339 ratings — 8 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
	I Pick You (Signs of Life #3) 4.60 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 2020 — 7 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
	Son & Shield (Signs of Life #5) 4.69 avg rating — 922 ratings — 9 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
	Charm Artist 4.61 avg rating — 924 ratings — 7 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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Series by Creston Mapes

Signs of Life (6 books)
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The Crittendon Files (3 books)
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Rock Star Chronicles (2 books)
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Jayber Crow

by Wendell Berry

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Shadow of the Bridge: The Delphi Murders and the Dark Side of the American Heartland

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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

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A good book about Col. Tom Parker, who was Elvis's life-long manager and friend. I'd always had a negative impression of Parker until I read this book. He was one of the original "marketers," doing promotions for circuses and carnivals. Quite interes ...more
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“Evil is a departure from the way things ought to be. But it could not be a departure from the way things ought to be unless there is a way things ought to be. If there is a way things ought to be, then there is a design plan for how things ought to be. And if there is such a design plan, then there is a designer.” R. Douglas Geivett”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

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“What you want, I want to want. Help me, Father. Help your desires become my desires.”
― Creston Mapes, Fear Has a Name

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“Wrong because Christ had died for them and they were now killing him again.”
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“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
-Philippians 4:6”
― Anonymous, The Holy Bible: King James Version

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“Prayer adds an element of surprise to your life that is more fun than a surprise party or surprise gift or surprise romance. In fact, prayer turns life into a party, into a gift, into a romance.”
― Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge

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“Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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“/“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” / — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross”
― Patty (Patricia) Mapes, Raising Spiritual Children, Cultivating a Revelatory Life

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