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Urban Waite is the author of The Terror of Living, named one of Esquire's Ten Best Books of the year. His latest book is The Carrion Birds, an Indie Next Pick and the recipient of starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. His short fiction has appeared in the Best of the West anthology, the Southern Review, and other journals. He has degrees from the University of Washington, Western Washington University, and Emerson College. He lives in Seattle with his wife.


Average rating: 3.50 · 507 ratings · 153 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
The Terror of Living
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions
The Carrion Birds
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Dead If I Don't
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
Don't Look Away
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Los Desaparecidos
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Open water
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Niet wegkijken
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012
Leven en sterven van zeehonden
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Bloedrood is de nacht
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012
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