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Ralph Griffith


Born
in San Francisco, The United States
October 16, 1951

Website

Twitter
@XAKMedia

Genre
Fiction, Crime, Humor and Comedy

Influences
Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke, Greg Iles


A Life Lived in Ink

Ralph Griffith is an intriguing American author with a life story that reads like a gripping novel itself. Known for his crime and mystery novels, his literary career began during his incarceration, where he spent over 30 years, including a final 14-year stretch that inspired his memoirs "Monkey House" and "The Real Bernie Madoff".

Griffith's notable works include:

"The Harry Chin Murder Mysteries"

"The Johnny Walker Detective Novels"

"The Clyde Thomas Novels"

"The Too-Sweet Sagas"

"The Big Huna Novels"

“The Griffith Chronicles”

Today, he continues to write from his home in the Pacific Northwest.
His series have been translated into Spanish.
You can visit Ralph at:
amazon.com/author/ralphgriffith
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xak-media ...more

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MONKEY HOUSE

MONKEY HOUSE Ralph Griffith & Bernie Madoff

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Confessions: A Johnny Walke...
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Rock & Roll Detective: A Jo...
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“Most fiction is really nonfiction--and most nonfiction is really fiction!”
― Ralph Griffith, 63 Days: The Murder of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy
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