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J.J. Zep

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Born

in Cape Town, South Africa

Website

http://www.jjzep.com

Twitter

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Genre

Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut, Dean Koontz ...more

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April 2012

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Writing has always been an important part of my life.

I wrote my first story at the age of four, a cracking yarn about the adventures of Fluffy the bunny that I narrated to my mother. Fluffy had two sequels, but after that my literary output dried up somewhat as I got involved in the things kids get involved in.

As I got older I become a voracious reader, graduating from Dr. Seuss to Enid Blyton to The Hardy Boys. Then, at about twelve (much to the distress of my parents) I took to reading true crime, and writing stories with knife-wielding slashers and various other psychos as my antagonists. I remember submitting one of these as a Comprehension assignment and earning a rebuke from my English teacher. He said that I had talent and shouldn’t ...more

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Must Watch Sci-fi # 1: Alien (1979)

The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.

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J.J. Zep’s books

Average rating: 3.88 · 334 ratings · 34 reviews · 31 distinct works

	Dead Meat (Zombie D.O.A., #0.5) 3.45 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Dead City (Zombie D.O.A., #1) 3.39 avg rating — 51 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
	Dead On My Feet (Zombie D.O.A., #2) 3.68 avg rating — 22 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
	The Dead Men (Zombie D.O.A., #3) 3.55 avg rating — 20 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
	Zombie D.O.A. Series Three (The Complete Series Three) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012	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
	Zombie D.O.A. Series One 4.18 avg rating — 17 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
	Dead On Arrival (Zombie D.O.A., #4) 3.94 avg rating — 17 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
	Zombie D.O.A. Series Two 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013	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 Dead Can't Die (Zombie D.O.A., #6) 4.45 avg rating — 11 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
	Return To Dead City (Zombie D.O.A., #5) 4.27 avg rating — 11 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

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“The more I know about people, the more I love zombies.”
― J.J. Zep

tags: zombies

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“A man’s principles are his own. Man starts flip-flopping on what he believes based on outside influences and he may as well run for congress.”
― J.J. Zep, Dead On My Feet

tags: horror, zombies

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J.J.’s Quotes

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“Blood is really warm,
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains

tags: blood, haiku, horror, humor, zombies

293 likes

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”
― Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

tags: paraphrased, zombies

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