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Dan McGirt

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http://www.goodreads.com/DanMcGirt

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The United States

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male

website

http://www.jasoncosmo.com/

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JasonCosmo

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor

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Robert Lynn Asprin, Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J.R.R. Tol ...more

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March 2010

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DAN MCGIRT is the author of the Jason Cosmo fantasy adventure series, beginning with Hero Wanted and continued in Noble Cause. His previous books comprise the original Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy: Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos and Dirty Work.

His other published stories include: Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter , Beginner’s Luck, and the Jack Scarlet stories: Bullets for Breakfast and A Cold, Cold Place to Die.

Dan also writes the oft-neglected Apology Index blog, which comments on public apologies. He was named Time Person of the Year in 2006. (It’s true! Look it up!)

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Jason Cosmo: Royal Crush

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

I am pleased to announce the title of the next Jason Cosmo novel, Book 3 in the series, will be…ROYAL CRUSH.

Royal Crush will be a revised version of my 1990 book Royal Chaos. I’ve decided to continue with new titles for the new versions of the books to more clearly distinguish them from the classic Non-Trilogy versions.

I’ve begun preliminary work on the book, which consi...

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Books by Dan McGirt

Average rating: 3.76 · 203 ratings · 50 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Hero Wanted 3.71 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Jason Cosmo (Jason Cosmo, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Royal Chaos (Jason Cosmo, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dirty Work (Jason Cosmo, #3) 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bullets for Breakfast 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Royal Chaos (The Non-Trilogy book 2) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Noble Cause (Jason Cosmo Series, Book 2) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Rainy Daze 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Beginner's Luck 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore

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