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Bruce A. Sarte

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Born

in Point Pleasant, NJ, The United States

Website

http://www.bruceasarte.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult

Influences

William Shakespeare, Robert Crais, James Patterson, Vince Flynn ...more

Member Since

December 2009

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Already an accomplished songwriter with two gold records to his credit, Bruce lives just outside of Philadelphia with his family. In addition to writing, he enjoys baseball, playing guitar, reading, church, cooking and being a dad.

Bruce grew up at the Jersey Shore (the picture is at Point Pleasant Beach, where Sands of Time is set) and graduated from Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, NJ where he first became enthralled with reading and writing. From his early influences Bruce was introduced to and fell in love with Shakespeare, Marlow, Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

In addition to his books, Bruce has written for The Bleacher Report and The Examiner.

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Baseball: Revenues up even as attendance dips

As Major League Baseball heads into the second half of its season, there are marked and loudly voices concerns over attendance across the board in the media. However, in spite of a noticeable drop-off in ticket sales, ticket revenue is projected to increase league-wide by approximately $19 million as compared to the revenue in 2019 according to Two Circles. This increase is juxtaposed by the

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Average rating: 4.05 · 98 ratings · 28 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Sands of Time 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2008 — 6 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
	Towering Pines Volume One: Room 509 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Philadelphia Story: A Lance Carter Detective Novel 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Best Friends Forever 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Bump in the Night: Horror Anthology 2010 by Bruce A. Sarte (Goodreads Author), Guy Quigley, Mustafa Gatollari 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Insider's Story: A Lance Carter Detective Novel #2 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	The Star of Christmas 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	How To Read The Bible 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007	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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“Here beneath the towering pines, by the river blue
Farragut will ever stand, alma mater true”
― Bruce A. Sarte, Towering Pines Volume One: Room 509

tags: alma-mater, horror, military-school, suspense

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Bruce’s Quotes

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

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“Here beneath the towering pines, by the river blue
Farragut will ever stand, alma mater true”
― Bruce A. Sarte, Towering Pines Volume One: Room 509

tags: alma-mater, horror, military-school, suspense

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Q&A with Bruce A. Sarte — 7 members — last activity Dec 08, 2012 04:23PM
Come and ask questions, get answers! Anything related to any of my books or stories is welcome! Have a question about writing or publishing? Fire away ...more

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Pennsylvania — 149 members — last activity Oct 31, 2022 04:24AM
A group that celebrates the great state of Pennsylvania. Whether it be PA history, travel, authors, etc. Anyone regardless of where you live may join ...more

Young Adult Fiction for Adults — 9067 members — last activity 14 hours, 42 min ago
Whatever your age is, if you love reading young adult fiction, then I want to know what you are reading! Let's exchange ideas of good reads, nice idea ...more

Paranormal Thrillers — 31 members — last activity Oct 22, 2013 09:06PM
A place to discuss and recommend your favorite paranormal thriller!

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer — 503 members — last activity Oct 22, 2018 05:17AM
For fans of Stephenie Meyer and her incredible Twilight series! If you love Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black then come on in and talk about i ...more

Q&A with Anna Walls — 32 members — last activity May 06, 2020 09:55PM
Welcome everyone. I've published KING BY RIGHT OF BLOOD AND MIGHT and I've written a couple dozen more stories ranging in length from 1,387 words to 3 ...more

Q&A with Ottilie Weber — 68 members — last activity Dec 23, 2020 06:43PM
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Q&A with Brian Anderson — 18 members — last activity Nov 14, 2011 06:47PM
...November 14, 2011 to December 14, 2011... Chitty chat about writing and illustrating picture books and of course comics.

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Hey all!! We have changed our name to fit US more…… now that we love to talk and read about all different books we just had to come up with something ...more

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