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T. Jefferson Parker

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T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of 26 crime novels, including Edgar Award-winners SILENT JOE and CALIFORNIA GIRL. Parker's next work is coming-of-age thriller, A THOUSAND STEPS, set for January of 2022. He lives with his family in a small town in north San Diego County, and enjoys fishing, hiking and beachcombing. ...more

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T. Jefferson Parker Inspiration comes from literally everywhere. What's most important is not to await inspiration but plod ahead without it, putting word after word that…moreInspiration comes from literally everywhere. What's most important is not to await inspiration but plod ahead without it, putting word after word that makes nominal sense. You sit and do that, inspired or not. It's like that by-now cliched line from, I think, Woody Allen: most of life is just showing up. Then, when inspiration does show up, it's like climbing into a AAA fuel dragster, or launching off the Cornice at Mammoth on skis. Wow.(less)
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Hi, Will you be available after your signing this Thursday in Vista to chat? Regards, J Jay Brighton Goodreads Author jjaybrighton@gmail.com
T. Jefferson Parker Hello, I do not have a signing scheduled for this Thursday in Vista. (I had a signing last Wednesday at the Barnes and Noble in Oceanside on Vista Way…moreHello, I do not have a signing scheduled for this Thursday in Vista. (I had a signing last Wednesday at the Barnes and Noble in Oceanside on Vista Way.) Feel free to contact me through my website at www.tjeffersonparker.com.(less)
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Gettysburg Address

For me, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is, pound-for-pound, the richest, most meaningful and most beautiful piece of short writing in our language. That's why I chose a phrase from it -- "full measure" -- as the title of my new novel.
There's lots of competition in this "short writing" division. You've got geniuses from Shakespeare to David Foster Wallace creating scenes and soliloquies. You've got Read more of this blog post »
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Series by T. Jefferson Parker

L.A. Outlaws The Renegades Iron River The Border Lords The Jaguar The Famous and the Dead
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The Blue Hour Red Light Black Water
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The Room of White Fire Swift Vengeance The Last Good Guy Then She Vanished
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“There's a stream that trickles through all of us. It's always there. It's evil and we know this, so we force it to mix with the larger river inside us. We let it be consumed by the greater flow of good. But when the good in the river runs dry and there isn't enough of it to dilute the stream, then the stream flows faster and harder, uncontrolled, and it finally floods one life, then another, then another. And it's always the innocent who are easiest to pull down. It's always the innocent who are standing there on the banks and looking in, curious and trusting and sometimes, maybe, even a little brave.”
― T. Jefferson Parker, Where Serpents Lie
tags: child-killer, evil, serial-killers
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“No man has seen God. No man has seen Lucifer. No man that I've ever talked to! It's just a useful way of looking at the world. And seeing into it. ”
― T. Jefferson Parker, Iron River
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“I miss being young. I miss being young and strong. Young and fast. Young and in love. Nothing like it. Old love is good, too. But you get the feeling that the world mainly just wants you out of the way.”
― T. Jefferson Parker, California Girl
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