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Isaac Jourden

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Isaac Jourden

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in Grand Rapids, The United States
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Chuck Palahniuk, Neil Gaiman, Richard Garriott, Richard Bachman

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June 2014

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I'm a 33-year-old American living in Canada with my wife Stéphanie, son Simon, and cats Darth Kitty and Cooler.

My interests include poker, board and card games of all kinds, a fledgling collection of Ultima computer games, Korean pop music,
and watching Doctor Who.

I spent a lot of time as a kid in and around amusement parks. I also spent a lot of time daydreaming of creative ways to make extra money. These memories intersected to form the basis for my novel, Petty.
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Childhood Development, or: Why I Carry A Mop At All Times

I think it’s the nature of parenting to always be one step behind your kids, literally and figuratively.  I’ve got to be one literal step behind my ten month old at all times, or I’ll look over and he’s getting his eyes clawed out while battling our grumpy cats for undisputed control of the litter box.

My three year old, somehow, is even more exasperating.

Every time I get used to “normal,” he figur

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“The worst thing about working retail is that your friends get chosen for you by management. It's the scariest thing about working in the service industry: your coworkers reflect your own failure.”
Isaac Jourden, Petty

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