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John Nicholas Datesh

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Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction

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Born in 1950, the author lived mostly in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At Brown University, he took courses in writing as an institutionalized rationale for doing just that. At Boston University School of Law, he learned to mix in the phrases It Depends and Hereinafter. It is unknown when he developed the compulsion to to use italics every third paragraph.

In Spring 2009, he moved cats Lila and Lucy Liu to a condominium one mile in from the east side of Naples Bay in Florida. He left his Pittsburgh career in law, business and product development in favor of writing fiction, going to Happy Hours and cultivating beach chairs, presumably in that order of dedication.

He began writing fiction with a pencil and published, on paper with actua ...more

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	The Nightmare Machine 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1979 — 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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