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  <name><![CDATA[John  Lawson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[[author: John Lawson]’s imagination was born in the fires of the exploding Death Star, was raised in the uncharted wildernesses of Narnia, and exhibited a healthy disregard for the Prime Directive. It feasted upon giant peaches, blitzed through phantom tollbooths, and wagered heavily upon the outcome of the Westing Game. It retired skin jobs, tried to save Sarah Connor, and quested for the Holy Grail. It knew better than to press its face into a recently opened alien egg, it understood how a simple rafting trip could result in an extended dinosaur vacation, and it wept when Lowell and Huey died aboard the Valley Forge. It knows you’re not supposed to shoot a person’s gun and never give cigarettes to trees. It totally understands Wolverine’s anger issues and would like to buy him a drink at the Corova Milk Bar, where they could discuss whether or not the Snouts had it coming. It raided a dragon’s lair for treasure, doesn’t believe ROUS exist, and flipped a coin a hundred times and always came up heads. And it isn’t sure if Keyser Soze exists, but it’s afraid of him anyway. 

He is the author of &lt;i&gt;[book: Sorrow (Lawson)]&lt;/i&gt;, published by Drollerie Press, and two POD published books, &lt;i&gt;[book: Witch Ember]&lt;/i&gt; and its sequel, &lt;i&gt;[book: The Raven (Lawson)]&lt;/i&gt;.

He is a professional technical writer and online help developer.

MySpace:
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  <title><![CDATA[Witch Ember]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Raven]]></title>
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  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Sorrow]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.33</average_rating>
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  <published>2009</published>  
  
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