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R.A. Valletta grew up in the Slate Belt of eastern Pennsylvania, near the foothills of the Pocono Mountains. He was a semi-finalist for the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts in Creative Writing and twice a recipient of the Josephine P. Farace Award for Excellence in Journalism. He earned a B.A. and an MBA from Moravian University.

After high school, he backpacked throughout Europe and lived along the Mediterranean Coast. This experience inspired his debut young adult novel, LATE FOR THE SKY. He is a two-time American Fiction Award Crime Thriller finalist, the author of the standalone Military Sci-fi Techno-thriller DECAYING ORBIT, and the Detective Kate Delgado Mystery Thriller series. He has also written a poignant collection of y ...more

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	Decaying Orbit 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings — 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
	Let Me See Them (The Gaslamp Quarter Trilogy, #2) 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — 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
	Late for the Sky 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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
	IN MY FATHER'S SHADOW: A Collection of Young Adult Short Stories 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	A Deadly Night's End (A Kate Delgado Mystery Thriller, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	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 Dying of the Night 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
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	In My Father's Shadow: A Collection of Young Adult Short Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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