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Samuel Griswold

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Born

in Fairbanks, The United States

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http://www.samuelgriswold.org

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Spirituality

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Louis Lamour, Herman Wouk, Aryeh Kaplan, Daniel Silva, Steve Berry

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October 2014

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Books have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. From a very young age, I was taught to love reading and learning. Like many, I was read to before I could read myself and I learned to read at an early age.

I was also raised to be proud of my Jewish faith and heritage.

This all went into overdrive when I turned thirteen and experienced a spinal injury that forced me to be in traction three times each day for years. Having to remain completely stationary for one-half hour each time, I had little other option but to read. And so I did. Everything I could get my hands on, especially about history, the Jewish people and the Middle East.

Now, all of this reading and research is paying off, as I've developed a unique expertise that ...more

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Rabbi Nachman of Breslov once said, “Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child.” As an author, it is a quote that is especially meaningful to me. For, like raising a child, writing a book is a labor of love. In both cases, you invest a lot of time, thought and emotions into guiding them to be the best that they can be.
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True Identity

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The Buddha from Babylon: The Lost History and Cosmic Vision of Siddhartha Gautama

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