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  <name><![CDATA[TL James]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[TL James, born and raised in Houston, Texas, studied English at the University of Houston and Texas Southern University and graduated with an MBA from LeTourneau University.

There is where she cultivated an interest in biblical studies which is woven throughout the trilogy. She spent most of her educational career traveling and working in varies cities where she has met many characters and personalities for her fiction. 
  
She often found her inspiration in the sound of her son's small steady breaths while he slept. As she developed the storyline for this labor of love, she worked tirelessly with her son constantly tucked around her waist. After eight months of sleepless nights, The MPire trilogy was completed.

As an avid reader of literature, her favorite authors are F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ray Bradbury. Lately, her guilty indulgence is E. Lynn Harris, her favorite contemporary author.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ray Bradbury, August Wilson, Tennesse Williams]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Houston</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The MPire: In Search of the Lost]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The MPire: Death Cometh]]></title>
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  <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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