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Michael Lent's new graphic novel is The Man Who Wasn't There published by Global Comix, comixology and Amazon Books.

Honored as a ‘Google Author’ in 2007, his writing/experience spans films, fiction and nonfiction books, biographies, graphic novels, animation, video games, and reality television. He has written nine books including On Thin Ice, published by Disney/Hyperion, based on the top-rated reality television series Ice Road Truckers. Research for this project entailed spending winter in the Arctic where Lent froze his pens off. His credits also include more than a dozen graphic novels and comics including Prey published by Marvel Comics, In 2014, Lent adapted into a graphic novel E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops.”
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	Breakfast with Sharks: A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the Deal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood 3.72 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Christmas Letters from Hell: All the News We Hate from the People We Love 2.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Orbit: JRR Tolkien - The True Lord of the Rings 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Orbit: Stephen Hawking: Riddles of Time & Space 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Brimstone by Michael Lent (Goodreads Author), Brian McCarthy, Hyunsang Michael Cho (Illustrator) 2.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Prey: Origin of the Species by Michael Lent (Goodreads Author), Bong Dazo, Alex Sanchez (Illustrator) 2.42 avg rating — 12 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
	i, HOLMES by Michael Lent (Goodreads Author), David Rambo (Introduction) 3.57 avg rating — 7 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 Machine Stops #1 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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 Machine Stops: Collected Description by Michael Lent (Goodreads Author), Marc Rene (Illustrator) 3.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Christmas in Hell: Holiday Letters We Hate From People We Love ... or Vice Versa it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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

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Three Years with the Same Publisher

Three years with Alterna? Man, time flies. Thanks for the well-wishes. Very humbling and gratifying. Artist Marc Rene and I brought The Machine Stops to Alterna in early 2013 and were stunned when publisher Peter Simeti fast-tracked the series for a Nov. release. As any editor can vouch, even a tiny snafu in such a tight window can mean disaster so long days and nights ensued. There wasn't much ti Read more of this blog post »

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by Jed Alexander (Goodreads Author)

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Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading

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The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910 - 2009

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