Greg Olear
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http://www.goodreads.com/gregolear
born
November 13, 1972
gender
male
place of birth
The United States
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Literature & Fiction
member since
March 2007
about this author
Greg Olear (OH-lee-ar) was born in New Jersey in 1972 (Scorpio with Leo Rising). In 1991, he graduated from Madison High School and enrolled at Georgetown University, where he received a B.A. in English Literature.
He spent a post-college decade in New York, working a variety of jobs -- administrative assistant, benefits coordinator, writer of SAT practice questions, web designer, infomercial voice-over artist, freelance journalist, graphic designer, astrologer, keyboard player, indie record company manager, recruiter—- before escaping to Highland, N.Y., where he now lives with his family.
His writing has appeared in WhAP!, Hudson Valley Magazine, and Chronogram. He is a frequent contributor to The Nervous Breakd...more
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Totally Killer: A Novel by Greg Olear (Goodreads author) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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The Little Friend (Paperback) by Donna Tartt |
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"Flawed masterpiece. Part Tom Sawyer/Treasure Island, part thriller, part dark psychological probe, but a damn good novel.
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The Darling: A Novel (Paperback) by Russell Banks |
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"Some men are convincing female narrators, some ain't. Banks has it down, and the story, set in the chaos of Liberia in the 80s, is one that isn't told nearly enough.
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The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse: A Novel (P.S.) by Jonathan Selwood |
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