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April 07, 1962 in Burlington, Vermont, The United States

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John Irving, Tom Robbins, Woody Allen

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June 2008


About this author

Emerging from the womb wearing nothing but a pair of black frame, coke bottle lens glasses, Matthew Benoit's destiny was certain to be in the rigid, field of engineering. Three published poems and thirty five years later he at last throws off the left-handed engineering yoke and tries his right hand at a novel, Whackers.

Matt currently resides in Colorado with his wife and two French cats. He is presently in his seventh year of contract engineering work and twentieth year of writing.

After 20 years of writing I finally published my first novel Whackers. Whackers is an edgy, different story about men and women and their awkward quest to relate to each other. I like different, edgy stories and try to write the same. I don't like reading the sam...more


Average rating: 3.17 · 6 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
Whackers
3.17 of 5 stars 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Johnny O (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: Humorous story about the staunchy, rigorous, world of engineering as seen through the eyes of a university engineering student who more desires to be a writer.
Whackers (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: Humorous novel about the never ending battle of the sexes.
Bad Joke Hour (Humor)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
Description: A humorous look at bad game shows in the 70's.
Whackers (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Mar 29, 2010 04:34pm
Description: A humorous, original take on relationships.
When You Are Engu...
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“If life is what you make it then make mine like my eggs, over easy.”
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