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John Smolens

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According to Northern Michigan University's website, John Smolens "...has published five novels Cold, The Invisible World, Fire Point, Angel’s Head, and Winter by Degrees, and one collection of short stories (My One and Only Bomb Shelter.) Cold was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and the Detroit Free Press selected Fire Point as the best book by a Michigan author in 2004... His short stories and essays have appeared in various magazines and newspapers, including: the Virginia Quarterly, the William and Mary Review, the Massachusetts Review, Yankee, Redbook, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. His work has been translated into Dutch, Greek, Italian, and Turkish, and has been published the United Kingdom...more

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THE SCHOOLMASTER'S DAUGHTER, to be published this fall, by Pegasus Books, New York.

The Schoolmaster's Daugther, which is set in Boston during the first year of the American Revolution, will be published this fall as the lead title by Pegasus Books, New York.Also, e-book edtions of my earlier novels (Cold, Fire Point, The Invisible World, and Winter by Degrees) are now available at Amazon.com. All books are "attractively priced" at $2.99, except John's first novel, which is 99

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John Smolens's Books

Average rating: 3.32 · 493 ratings · 131 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	Cold: A Novel 3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2001 — 6 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 Anarchist: A Novel 3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Quarantine: A Novel 3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 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
	The Schoolmaster's Daughter: A Novel of the American Revolution 3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Fire Point: A Novel of Suspense 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2004 — 5 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 Invisible World: A Novel 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2002 — 5 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
	My One and Only Bomb Shelter 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2000	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
	Winter by Degrees 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 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
	Angel's Head 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Fire Point 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 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

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