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Ordinary Seaman (deck hand) on merchant ships age 19-21.
Special Forces (Green Beret) Sgt. in Vietnam, 1969-1970, 2 Bronze Stars.
Police Officer, Portland, OR. Police Bureau, 1972-1976.
NEA Grant for Fiction Writing, 1976 #1.
MFA in Fiction Writing, University of Montana, 1978.
Police Officer, Oakland California Police Dept. 1983-1984, resigned after 15 months to write Sympathy for the Devil, 1st novel.
Assistant Professor of English at UTEP, El Paso. Creative writing instructor, UCLA.
Screenwriter, New Line Cinema for four years, working with Director John Milius.
NEA Grant For Fiction Writing, 1990 #2.
Assistant Professor of English at BSU, Boise, ID, seven years.
Night Dogs, 2nd novel, a NY Times Notable Book of the Year. Winn ...more

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I know this is probably beyond your control, but have you heard anything about your books being available digitally?

Kent Anderson Hi John -- I'm trying to figure out how this author page works and decided to turn off my question button thing, but you'd asked your question before …moreHi John -- I'm trying to figure out how this author page works and decided to turn off my question button thing, but you'd asked your question before I did, which is fine with me.

One of the reasons I decided to put myself on this site is because I'm about to make my books available as ebooks and I want people to know that. It'll be a couple of months at least before that happens, but here I am. Also I'm really, finally about to finish a 3rd novel, Green Sun, which I'll want to talk about here. So stay tuned -- I'm even going to try a blog -- and thank you for asking. Kent (less)

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Hello, I wanted to tell you how much I love NIght Dogs and Sympathy...I've been a street cop for 15 years now, working the roughest districts in my city, and I can attest that you have captured the essence of hood-policing like no other writer I've ever read. I've reread ND about 4 times now, and each time it affects me just as strongly. Question: was there a real Truman? A real Pharoah? Did he ever save your ass?

Kent Anderson Hi Dave -- I love it when cops tell me they love Night Dogs because it assures me that I got it right. Truman was based on an old dog I saw one day in…moreHi Dave -- I love it when cops tell me they love Night Dogs because it assures me that I got it right. Truman was based on an old dog I saw one day in Missoula, MT a long time before I wrote Night Dogs. Now he's as real to me as any old friend. I miss him. Pharoah was based on a guy I used to wave to on the street in north Portland, but it was another guy who jumped in and saved me that day, a situation that's virtually non-fiction except for changing the guy to Pharoah. (less)

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	Sympathy For The Devil (Hanson #1) 4.23 avg rating — 818 ratings — published 1987 — 29 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
	Green Sun (Hanson #3) 3.95 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2018 — 21 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
	Night Dogs (Hanson #2) 4.10 avg rating — 715 ratings — published 1997 — 30 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
	Liquor, Guns & Ammo 4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Pas de saison pour l'enfer 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	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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“Nobody has any rights unless they've got a machine gun.”
― Kent Anderson, Night Dogs

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“They’d promised to stay away from each other for the night, each of them alone in his own bleak room, and they both waved goodbye when he drove off. He raised his hand in response and caught himself hoping they’d be okay. What was he doing? They were drunk and psychotic black men in Oakland. They’d never be okay. They were fucked and doomed and beyond help.”
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“with the Piedmont PD. He didn’t talk about the war much, but he’d been in some shit, Hanson could tell. “Hanson, you got some kind of death wish. You’re”
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