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Nick James

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May 15, 1983 in Portland, Oregon, The United States

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I grew up in the small island town of Anacortes, Washington, where an active imagination was often a prerequisite for a good time. No shopping malls, no movie theater, etc, etc. My first brush with publishing was in third grade, where we were encouraged to not only write stories, but to publish, bind and present them. I think the teacher got more than she bargained for because I was soon amassing quite a personal library of colored-paper bound sagas.

As a kid, I was a voracious reader of comic books. Of course, they didn’t sell them anywhere in little Anacortes, so it was a thirty-mile drive “off island” to get them. At that age, it wasn’t even about the pictures. It was one hundred percent the stories. I was always attracted to the big dram...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 325 ratings · 93 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Pearl Wars (Skyship Academy #1) 3.66 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Crimson Rising (Skyship Academy #2) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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Skyship Academy (2 books)
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Nick James marked as to-read: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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Nick James made a comment on his review of The Pearl Wars (Skyship Academy #1) "Gabrielle Carolina wrote: "Stephen wrote: "Your book came up as a recommendation on Amazon. It sounds interesting and I'm really looking forward to re...more "
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