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Stefan Petrucha

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http://www.goodreads.com/SPetrucha

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Bronx [New York], The United States

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http://www.petrucha.com

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Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comics & Graphic Novels

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January 2008

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Stefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer for adults and young adults. He has written graphic novels in the The X-Files and Nancy Drew series, as well as science fiction and horror.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.

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Thanks for dropping by. I’m hard at work on the sequel to Ripper, but as soon as that’s drafted, I hope to have the time to do a little website update. Lots coming this year, including the second Dead Mann Walking book, the Power Rangers Super Samurai and Nancy Drew Clues Crew graphic novels from [...] read more »

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Books by Stefan Petrucha

Average rating: 3.66 · 3,253 ratings · 648 reviews · 73 distinct works

	Teen, Inc. 3.34 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Demon of River Heights (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective Graphic Novels, #1) by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Sho Murase (Artist) 3.62 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ripper 3.79 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Haunted Dollhouse (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective #3) by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Sho Murase 3.87 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Writ in Stone (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective Graphic Novels, #2) by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Sho Murase (Artist) 3.76 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Dead Mann Walking (Hessius Mann #1) 3.74 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Fake Heir (Nancy Drew: Girl Detective graphic novels #5) by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Vaughn Ross (Illustrator), Sho Murase (Artist) 3.77 avg rating — 96 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Nancy Drew #7: The Charmed Bracelet by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Vaughn Ross (Illustrator), Daniel Vaughn Ross (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 85 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Beowulf by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Kody Chamberlain (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 85 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Rule of Won 3.62 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Stefan Petrucha

Nancy Drew: Girl Detective Graphic Novels (21 books)
by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Vaughn Ross (Illustrator), Daniel Vaughn Ross (Illustrator)

3.84 avg rating — 1,333 ratings

Wicked Dead (6 books)
by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Thomas Pendleton

3.72 avg rating — 134 ratings

Papercutz Slices (4 books)
by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Rick Parker (Goodreads Author)

2.77 avg rating — 131 ratings

Hessius Mann (1 book)
by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author)

3.74 avg rating — 89 ratings

Nancy Drew: The New Case Files graphic novels (2 books)
by Stefan Petrucha (Goodreads Author), Sarah Kinney, Sho Murase (Illustrator)

3.29 avg rating — 69 ratings

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Reamde

by Neal Stephenson

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Jan 04, 2012 08:41pm

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

by Edmund Morris

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Stefan Petrucha is now friends with Linda
May 17, 2012 05:03am
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Apr 29, 2012 06:07am
Stefan Petrucha liked Amanda Doty's review of Ripper: " I loved the Time Tripper series, very much looking forward to another book by Petrucha! "
Apr 06, 2012 08:30am · see review
Stefan Petrucha made a comment on his profile "Hope you enjoy Melissa - and good luck in the giveaway! "
Mar 17, 2012 09:16am
Stefan Petrucha liked Karen Yingling's review of Ripper: " Carver Young wants to be a detective, so when he is adopted from the orphange in 1895 by Detective Hawking of the New Pinkertons agency, he is happy. Several other children in the orphange have been adopted by families in the same circle, his frie... " Read more of this review »
Mar 16, 2012 05:44am · see review
Stefan Petrucha liked Cher's review of Dead Mann Walking: " Zombie saga. I want it. I need it. "
Feb 29, 2012 01:15pm · see review
Stefan Petrucha is on page 560 of 1044 of Reamde: Enjoyed it for the most part, but had to stop and read other books for a writing project. May get back to it, may not. The idea of a game world influencing the real world is interesting, but seems to devolve into a straight thriller afterwards. Reamde by Neal Stephenson progress:	My rating:
Feb 06, 2012 11:26am · like · see status
Stefan Petrucha made a comment in the group Zombies! — 28 Days Later V.S 28 Weeks Later topic "I absolutely agree about the similar themes, but I also think it's important to not that NoTLD didn't resurect the genre, it pretty much invented it (...more "
Jan 13, 2012 05:59am
Stefan Petrucha voted on the list March 2012
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Quotes by Stefan Petrucha

“Because if I smashed anything, Team Jaiden would just get me into a behavior modification program, or maybe some doctor would put be on drugs for my ADD or bipolarism or depression or whatever they're calling being alive and feeling royally screwed these days.”
― Stefan Petrucha, Teen, Inc.

tags: life

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“Backed into a corner, the poor can riot, but the rich start war.”
― Stefan Petrucha, Ripper

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“It's toys, boy, all toys. You'll see more and more contraptions as you get older, but if I teach you anything, you'll learn that all of this is decoration. What counts is what's inside you and what you can see in others. ”
― Stefan Petrucha, Ripper

tags: identity

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