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Eric Birk

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St. Louis Area, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Alistair MacLean, Robert Ludlum, Alan Dean Foster

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June 2012

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Eric Birk is an electronic technician who got his start in the Air Force, then worked ten years in IT and now works on automated production systems for a major world car producer. He writes in his spare time, (late at night), and since finishing his first novel has several more in the works, including two continuations of his first novel as well as a Civil War thriller. He has spent most of his life around the metro St. Louis area and has lived in several parts of the country while serving in the Air Force, including, Sacramento, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Denver.

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