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  <name><![CDATA[Ken Mercer]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Ken Mercer is the author of &lt;i&gt;Slow Fire&lt;/i&gt;, to be published by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, on February 16, 2010.

Ken was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1962 and began writing professionally at the age of 17.

He has written for newspaper, magazine, radio, television and feature films. &lt;i&gt;Slow Fire&lt;/i&gt; is his first novel.

He lives in California with his wife and daughter.
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