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Jason Ancona

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Born

Arlington Heights, IL, The United States

Website

http://www.jasonancona.com/

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Genre

Young Adult, Humor, Mystery & Thrillers

Influences

Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, John Grisham, Robert Ludlum, Arthur Conan ...more

Member Since

December 2010

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Freakishly nerdy in high school, Jason became a certifiable weakling when he lost an arm-wrestling match to a female cheerleader in class.

Never a participant in school activities, he fantasized about being someone else -- an athlete, a secret agent, or whatever character he created in the latest role-playing game.

His imaginary worlds didn't help in the dating department, but they sure were fun to explore.

A graduate of UCLA's Screenwriting Program, he's written a variety of film scripts and TV pilots.

He's currently living in Austin, where he's exploring the city and meeting new friends. ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 39 ratings · 28 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Case of Tangled Love 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Sext Crime 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Debugging Tori Redding 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	The Sext Crime: C.Y.A. : Covert Youth Agency 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	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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“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”
― Aldous Huxley

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May 05, 2011 05:15PM

Ascension Coronado wrote: "hi jason, this is ascension coronado rodriguez author of la casa bruja, witch house;alien raising the antichrist boy. thank you for your friendship."

You are welcome. You have a very cool name--Ascension Coronado.

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