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Jonathan Sturak

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/JonathanSturak

born

Hazleton, PA, The United States

gender

male

website

http://sturak.com

twitter username

jsturak

genre

Thriller, Romance

influences

Paul Bowles, Bret Easton Ellis, Patricia Highsmith

member since

December 2009

About this author

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Jonathan Sturak grew up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. He is a Penn State University graduate and holds degrees in Computer Science and Film. He currently lives in Las Vegas where he uses the energy of the city to craft stories about life and the human condition. "The Place Called Home," Sturak's essay about Eastern European heritage in Northeast PA, was featured on Glass Cases, associate literary agent Sarah LaPolla's pop culture blog at http://glasscasesblog.blogspot.com/20.... Sturak is also a contributing editor at http://NoirNation.com, the premier location for international crime fiction. His debut thriller novel "Clouded Rainbow" was published in December 2009 and has over 100,000 downloads on the Amazon Kindle. New for 201...more

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JONATHAN STURAK INTRODUCES VEGAS WAS HER NAME

Watch as I introducemy new thriller novel VEGAS WAS HER NAME at the famous Las Vegas sign!

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Average rating: 3.10 · 449 ratings · 169 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	Clouded Rainbow 2.88 of 5 stars 2.88 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Smudge of Gray: A Novel 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Vegas with Blood 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Brush of Love 2.9 of 5 stars 2.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vegas Was Her Name 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Ending 2.4 of 5 stars 2.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Place Called Home (Travel)

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Description: An anecdote about life growing up in the mountains of Pennsylvania.

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Jonathan Sturak is now friends with Christine Redlin
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Jonathan Sturak liked D.H. Nevins's review of Wormwood: " 5 Stars! Heh, heh... I'm a little biased, but still, I should be able to rate my own book, right? "
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Jonathan Sturak made a comment in the group Books, Blogs, Authors and More — Post your book trailer Here topic "Here's my book intro from the famous Las Vegas sign! http://youtu.be/2Zo3wPSzi20 [image] "
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Jonathan Sturak added Vegas Was Her Name by Jonathan Sturak (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jonathan Sturak rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Ramos Brothers Trust Castro and Kennedy by Roger DeBlanck (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Juan and Alberto Ramos are brothers, friends, and partners through the ups and downs of the turbulent 1950s and 1960s in Cuba and America. DeBlanck has taken the forty-thousand-foot view we read about in history books and provided us with an intimate...more
Jan 08, 2013 02:08pm · see review
Jonathan Sturak voted on a poll Do you write a book blog? He voted for: Yes! (If you choose this, feel free to post a link to it in the comments.)
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Jonathan Sturak rated a book 5 of 5 stars Stripper Lessons by John O'Brien read in December, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Have you ever felt alone? Stripper Lessons provides a window into the life of a lonely man. Carroll is the guy who watches the world turn from the shadows, the guy you walk past at the mall, never knowing he was ever there. But that guy was there, wat...more
Dec 08, 2012 11:48am · see review
Jonathan Sturak made a comment on Roger DeBlanck's review of Tell the Wolves I'm Home "Very insightful review!"
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