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  <name><![CDATA[Marvin D. Wilson]]></name>
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  <fans-count type="integer">3</fans-count>
  <followers-count type="integer">4</followers-count>
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  <about><![CDATA[About The Author 

Marvin Wilson is the son of a Christian minister, a family man,husband,father, and grandfather. He has had several professional careers, including: musician, nightclub entertainer, construction contractor, Buddhist minister, network marketer, motivational speaker, sales trainer, and adult education teacher. 

Marvin considers his life to be a spiritual journey, and each of life’s experiences, whether troublesome or pleasurable, to be lessons. Teachings from God. Throughout his entire adult life, he has been journal keeper, a reflective writer about these lessons, and the attendant wisdom and understanding gained through experiencing them. 

The most significant and painful lesson Marvin has ever endured 
and lived through was his complete economic, emotional, psychological, and spiritual downfall in his mid-fifties. This experience was nearly fatal, as it culminated in a serious 
narcotics addiction. The lessons learned about humility, faithfulness, 
integrity, genuineness and honesty, and putting God first, others second, and self last, in every situation, however challenging and difficult to understand, are the foundation and 
basis for his decision to publish his first book, entitled I Romanced 
The Stone. 

Marvin has recently published his second book, titled &quot;Owen Fiddler,&quot;
 and is currently writing a sequel to it, as well as two other books.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Jesus, Buddha, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Bach, my father, Rev. Frank Wilson, my high school music teacher, Mel Larimer]]></influences>      <born_at>12/30/1949</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Owen Fiddler]]></title>
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  <average_rating>4.38</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>13</ratings_count>
  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <id>661392</id>
  <title><![CDATA[I Romanced The Stone]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Marvin D. Wilson]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.77</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>13</ratings_count>
  <published>2006</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Between The Storm And The Rainbow: Award Winning Free Spirit Anthology]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Marvin D. Wilson]]></name>
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  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <published>2009</published>  
  
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