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Andrew Spradling

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in South Charleston, West Virginia, The United States
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Cormac McCarthy, Pat Conroy, Charles Frazier, Hemingway

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Andrew Spradling is the author of The Long Shadow of Hope (2016), The Lost Lantern (2017), and Diagram of Death A Detective Harper Stowe Mystery (2021). A former sportswriter, Spradling was named the 1999 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year (National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association) before becoming a college administrator. Married and father to three children, Spradling lives in his hometown of St. Albans, WV.

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Andrew Spradling People have said "It must have felt great finishing your first novel." Well it was elation - for about five minutes - then I told myself, "You've only…morePeople have said "It must have felt great finishing your first novel." Well it was elation - for about five minutes - then I told myself, "You've only written ONE novel. It seemed so daunting starting the second one, which turned out to be more of an epic tale. But through the first, which I began on a vacation, and wrote mostly BEFORE work, I would tell myself, just get to the next page. Sometimes the flow was easy, but when I was struggling, that's what I told myself.(less)
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This Thanksgiving weekend has been a wonderful family celebration with Myssy’s mom Nancy making it home from Arizona – though it was the first that son Evan, now in Texas, has missed. It made me realize, in addition to feasts, fires, and the Charleston Christmas trees, I must count my past blessings and thank all my wonderfully generous friends and family members who supported my Great Cycle Ch

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"If you are going to be vacationing in Hilton Head, this is a book you should bring along. Set in Sea Pines (renamed “Ocean Oaks” for the book), you will get a kick out of visualizing everything that goes down. Lots of action, a mounting body count, a" Read more of this review »
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"Creepy good read! I actually live in the neighborhood in which this thriller is set, and I must admit that during the time I was reading the book, if a man walked too near me on the bike path - in broad daylight, with several people around - I felt v" Read more of this review »
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