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Ramsey Dean

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Born

Springfield, The United States

Twitter

thecoolkidsbook

Genre

Young Adult, Philosophy, Humor

Member Since

June 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/RamseyDean

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Ramsey Dean is one of the more recognizable names in the music business, where his career has been a lifelong study of teen culture and cool kids. After graduating college and unable to get a job in the literary field, the Alphabet City denizen pursued his other passion, scoring a job at a record label and over the years inadvertently specializing in the music of the moment, working with Metallica, Megadeth, Guns n' Roses, Anthrax, Slayer, Poison, White Zombie, Pantera, Sick of it All, Ignite, Jane's Addiction, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson, Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, Ja Rule, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Atreyu, Bayside, Thursday and hundreds and hundre ...more

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I'm getting some great reviews! To get the conversation going, I'm giving away a few Kindle and iBook copies of my YA novel, The CoolKids: An Emotional Hardcore Odyssey (or the Pros and Cons of Maintaining Veganity in an Increasingly Carnivorous World) . Yes, it's a YA novel and yes, it does have a sense of humor.

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Published on September 22, 2011 16:00 • Tags: free-kindle-ibook-ya

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Average rating: 4.13 · 23 ratings · 10 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Riding on a Beam of Light by Ramsey Dean (Goodreads Author), Noah Hamdan (Illustrator) 4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 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 CoolKids: An Emotional Hardcore Odyssey 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 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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