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Derek McFadden

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in Seattle, The United States

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http://www.derekmcfadden.com

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Fantasy, Poetry, Spirituality

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Mitch Albom, Richard Paul Evans, Robert Frost, F. Scott Fitzgerald

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I was born in 1982 with a mild form of cerebral palsy. From that point to this, I have striven to write the kinds of stories readers want to read (get lost in) and the kinds I want to tell. Often my main characters will have the same palsy I do. This is because, as a kid, when I would read stories I would always think, None of these people are anything like me.
I can't wait for all the readers here at Goodreads--and everywhere there's a reader who hungers for a good story--to read my as-yet unpublished novel, What Death Taught Terrence. It's an absorbing look at a family and real life, and what life means. There's also a fair amount of the afterlife involved!
It is my sincere hope that I'll get to share my story with you, and that I'll get t ...more

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	Prose From A Grandson To A Senior Fellow 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Ashlyn's Bridge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cast No Shadows by Jordan Elizabeth, Lorna MacDonald Czarnota (Goodreads Author), Grace M. DeLeesie (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What Death Taught Terrence

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Derek said: " Authors write for different reasons.
Some write to allow the reader to escape. Some write to thrill the reader. Some write to chill spines.
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