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Joe McKinney

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September 22, 1968 in Cambridge, Mass., The United States

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About this author

Joe McKinney has been a patrol officer for the San Antonio Police Department, a homicide detective, a disaster mitigation specialist, a patrol commander, and a successful novelist. His books include the four part Dead World series, Quarantined and Dodging Bullets. His short fiction has been collected in The Red Empire and Other Stories and Dating in Dead World and Other Stories. For more information go to http://joemckinney.wordpress.com.


Average rating: 3.86 · 2,474 ratings · 349 reviews · 39 distinct works
Dead City (Dead World, #1)
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,191 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions
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Apocalypse of the Dead (Dea...
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions
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Flesh Eaters (Dead World, #3)
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Quarantined
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions
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The Red Empire and Other St...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The Sound of Horror
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007
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The Red Empire
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011
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The Crossing
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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The Predatory Kind
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Blemish
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012
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Dead City Apocalypse of the Dead Flesh Eaters
Dead World (3 books)
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“These arent your mother's zombies!”
Joe McKinney

“... Have you considered that maybe this is the birth of a new world, that what happens next is a golden opportunity to change the nature of man in a fundamental way?”
“Those are brave words, Tiresias.”
“New parents can’t afford to be anything but brave, Eddie.”
Joe McKinney, Dead City

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message 3: by Tony

Tony Hey Joe,

Thanks for adding me as a friend. I hope you have a great week.

Tony


message 2: by Joe

Joe Hey, no problem. I'm still trying to learn my way around GoodReads, so I barely notice when something goes wrong. Hope all is well,

Joe


Jeremy I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me today. I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy


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