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  <name><![CDATA[Matthew Jarpe]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[I was born in St. Joseph, Michigan in 1966 but I grew up on a &quot;farm&quot; in Los Lunas, New Mexico. I use the scare quotes because we didn't actually raise much food, we just kept farm animals as pets. Well, we did eat the pigs and the chicken's eggs. I have a BS in Biology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, a well known party school in the Big Ten (where Big Ten refers to the ten biggest mining schools, of which there are actually only two, and they're not that big). I have a PhD in Biochemistry from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and I use that PhD on a daily basis as Associate Director of Biology at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.surfacelogix.com/&quot;&gt;Surface Logix&lt;/a&gt;.

I wrote [book:Radio Freefall] when I was working on my postdoctoral fellowship in Denver. I found writing to be a good way to relax after a long day doing experiments. I didn't know at the time how unlikely it was I would get it published. Looking back I realize how lucky I was to get input from published authors and professional agents, and how lucky I was to meet David Hartwell, who bought and published it.

You can find out more about me at &lt;a href=&quot;http://feedback.matthewjarpe.com/&quot;&gt;my blog&lt;/a&gt;.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Iggy Pop]]></influences>          
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Radio Freefall]]></title>
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  <published>2007</published>  
  
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