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Palo Alto, The United States

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Mike Player is a novelist and a comedian. Three of his novels have been published as well as one non-fiction book. He is also the author of several published science fiction short stories.

His work includes the non-fiction "Out on the Edge: America's Rebel Comics" and the comedy suspense novels, "Viral - The Story of the Milkshake Girl" and "Hyperloop To Hell." His latest novel is a queer comedy western, "Utopia," available for preorder (release date 9/19/25).

He is also the creator/executive producer of MTV’s LOGO Network series, “The Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack.” He is the founder of three comedy groups; “Shock of the Funny” in New York, and “The Gay Mafia” and "Angry Daddies" in Los Angeles.

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	Out on the Edge: America's Rebel Comics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Hyperloop To Hell 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 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
	Viral: The Story of the Milkshake Girl 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

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