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Andy Gavin is an unstoppable storyteller who studied for his Ph.D. at M.I.T. and founded video game developer Naughty Dog, Inc. at the age of fifteen, serving as co-president for two decades. There he created, produced, and directed over a dozen video games, including the award winning and best selling Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter franchises, selling over 40 million units worldwide. He sleeps little, reads novels and histories, watches media obsessively, travels, and of course, writes.


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Average rating: 4.05 · 491 ratings · 261 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors
The Darkening Dream
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
Untimed
4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions

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" Charlie's wondering why people seem to always forget his name, even his mother. It's like people don't "see" him. So if he went away, no one would really notice his absence. When he started his time travel, that's when he realized that time travel... " Read more of this review »
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" The next time some snob who hasn't been paying attention for the past couple of years tells you that all self-published books are crap, point them to this one.

As I'm reading on my Kindle, I routinely highlight passages or words where the author, a... " Read more of this review »
Untimed by Andy Gavin
" I really enjoyed this book, finished it in two days, and waiting for the next one in the series. The two main characters of Charlie and Yvaine really do come across well, and the father and sister team, along with Ben and other characters help bri... " Read more of this review »
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Natalia Thanks for the GR friendship, Andy (:


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Andy Gavin Lucinda wrote: "Dear Andy,
Thank you so much for acepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. As an avid reader of the fantasy and Young Adult genres, your novels 'a darkening dream' and 'Untimed' caught my e..."


Thanks a lot. I always appreciate new readers and reviewers!


Lucinda Dear Andy,
Thank you so much for acepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. As an avid reader of the fantasy and Young Adult genres, your novels 'a darkening dream' and 'Untimed' caught my eye! I do hope to have the chance of reading and discovering your work, and if you would like someone to review them then i would be more than happy to.
Thank you so much once again and i look forward to future book discussions.
Kind Regards
Lucinda


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Andy Gavin Thanks!


Jonathan Merry Christmas!


Marisette Burgess Thanks for the friendship :)


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Andy Gavin :-)


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A.M. Sawyer Thanks for Accepting my Friend Request :)


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Lily Thanks for the friend accept! Looking forward to reading your novel.


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