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My articles and essays have appeared on the homepage of CNN.com and other news sites across America. As editor for Face News, I also run a nonfiction group. My strange noir fiction, "Lords" was an instant cult classic on the infamous Lords of Bakersfield.

My twitter novel, “Small Places” (twitter.com/smallplaces) is the first original literary novel on Twitter. You can also follow my daily rants: twitter.com/nickbelardes]]> 41 male Bakersfield, CA 07/2009 08/2009 566 Paulo Coelho 2963521 Greg Olear 61238 Steve Alten 40 29 26 true 5653254 read 2 true 5439231 currently-reading 1 true 5439223 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/46407.Random_Obsessions_Trivia_You_Can_t_Live_Without?chapter=1 http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg 2518281 Nick Belardes http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2518281-nick-belardes Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:29:40 -0700 comprises “everything that happened,"...more]]> Everything Asian: A Novel (Hardcover) by Sung J. Woo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65007691 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240599424s/6036161.jpg 2518281 Nick Belardes http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2518281-nick-belardes Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:03:32 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/48668-random-obsessions-and-weird-stories-from-special-guests http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1247884063p2/2985334.jpg 2518281 Nick Belardes http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2518281-nick-belardes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:07:07 -0700 Totally Killer: A Novel (Paperback) by Greg Olear]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64507924 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252027428s/6552834.jpg 2518281 Nick Belardes http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2518281-nick-belardes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:46:29 -0700 Lilac Mines: A Novel (Paperback) by Cheryl Klein]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63297081 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-yjLHkJHL._SL75_.jpg 2518281 Nick Belardes http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247508114p2/2518281.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2518281-nick-belardes Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:41:04 -0700 more...]]>