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  <name><![CDATA[Roy L. Pickering Jr.]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">12</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">17</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[Roy Pickering was born on the idyllic island of St. Thomas and currently resides in a quaint New Jersey town with his wife and daughter.  His debut novel, Patches of Grey, has been published by M.U.D. House Books and is now available for purchase from Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0578005816/ref=nosim/porfessionalp4-20

His novella “Feeding the Squirrels” is available for sale in a variety of electronic formats from SynergEbooks.

http://www.synergebooks.com/ebook_feedingthesquirrels.html
      
Roy is currently hard at work on a second novel as well as a series of children’s books being illustrated by his wife. A number of his short stories are showcased online at his web site - http://www.RoyPickering.net   

His prose can be found in an ongoing basis on the blog &quot;A Line A Day&quot; – http://lineaday.blogspot.com , and archived articles from his Sports Issues column appear at Suite101.com.  

Anthologies that house Roy's fiction include Proverbs for the People (Kensington Books), Role Call (Third World Press), The Game: Short Stories About the Life (Triple Crown Publications), and Prose to be Read Aloud, Volume One.

His interview with Urban-Reviews.com about Patches of Grey and the craft of writing can be found at http://bit.ly/royinterview




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  <title><![CDATA[Patches of Grey]]></title>
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        <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Erin Rogers Pickering]]></name>
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  <average_rating>4.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Feeding the Squirrels: A Novella]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roy L. Pickering Jr.]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.57</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>7</ratings_count>
  <published>2007</published>  
  
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