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Joseph Minart

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in Columbus, OH, The United States

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https://www.josephminart.com/

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

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Joseph Minart (pen name) grew up in a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio. He loves writing and telling stories, entertaining readers, and being a reader. Life is a story to be appreciated. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Philosophy and a minor in U.S. History. His written works include “The Tale of the Young Witch” (which made Amazon’s Top 100 Free List twice and won several awards in 2023), “The Memory of Lost Dreams,” and “Zachery and the Sky Empire” in Jot Russell’s The Future is Short: Science Fiction in a Flash Volume 4 (a short story traditionally published with Rogue Star Press, also known as Lillicat Publishers). He completed his two novels in early 2026 and his short story in 2017. He is an award-winning author ...more

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	The Tale of the Young Witch 3.76 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2023 — 153 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 Memory of Lost Dreams by Joseph Minart (Goodreads Author), Davon M. Custis 3.61 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2016 — 89 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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Joseph Minart made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add awards! topic " The Tale of the Young Witch Please add awards to my book title's settings on Goodreads. Winner of Literary Titan Silver Book Award – July 2023. https://l ...more "
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Joseph Minart rated a book it was amazing His Name is Junsaku (The Many Lives of Wolf) by Tenkara Smart (Goodreads Author)	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
His Name is Junsaku (The Many Lives of Wolf) by Tenkara Smart (Goodreads Author) follows characters like Junsaku and Cecelia, with the first name following samurai tradition, and the book is filled with Japanese terminology, written to make the writi ...more
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Mystery At The Falls (Mayur Varma Mysteries Book 6) Kindle Edition by Vijay Kerji (Author) was a good mystery read, following Detective Mayur and others as they investigate the murder of Piyush. I like the conversations between the characters as they ...more
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Elias (Paperback) by Chelsea O'Hara (Goodreads Author) was an unusual read into the psychological, where it mostly features the first person and characters like Liv, Ada, and others, set in the Still House. I feel like I wasn't the target audience, e ...more
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Be Brave, My Heart: A sapphic short story set in the heart of the Philippines \| Clean New Adult romance biker girl was a very short read, written in first person. There are characters of Heart, Annabelle, Carlo, Angelica, and others who have close, f ...more
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Review / Write / ...: [archived] Round_9 "Mild, GR+Amz" -Done!-	33	18	Mar 26, 2023 07:21AM
Making Connections: The Tale of the Young Witch by Joseph Minart	3	28	Apr 19, 2023 10:53AM
Review / Write / ...: [archived] Round_11 "General, GR+ (NOT Amz)" -Done!-	21	16	May 18, 2023 01:01PM
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