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  <name><![CDATA[Richard Castle]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">20</fans-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show_group/44217.Master_List_of_Author_Disambiguation_by_Spaces&quot;&gt;See this thread for more information.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;b&gt;Note: Richard Castle is a fictional character from the ABC television show, &lt;u&gt;Castle&lt;/u&gt;, played by Nathan Fillion. The biography below is of this character. His name is being used as a pseudonym for tie-in novels to the TV show. The actual author of the novels is currently unknown.&lt;/b&gt;

Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including the critically acclaimed Derrick Storm series. His first novel, In a Hail of Bullets, published while he was still in college, received the Nom DePlume Society's prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature. Castle currently lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his life with humor and inspiration.

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  <title><![CDATA[Heat Wave]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Richard Castle]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.55</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>212</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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