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Tom Maremaa

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Tom Maremaa is the author of eighteen novels, including most recently “I, Michelangelo." His earlier novels include "Rule of Law," "Grok," "Imagined," "The Lottery Ticket," "I Am Marjan," and "Metal Heads" from Kunati Inc, which was published in the Spring of 2009. "Metal Heads" was nominated by the American Library Association (ALA) as one of the Notable Books of 2009 and received a starred review in Booklist. All titles are available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble in ebook and paperback formats.

He has also written a number of nonfiction books. An honors graduate of Dartmouth College, he studied languages, literature and philosophy at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, as a James B. Reynolds Scholar, and worked on his Ph.D in compa
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Average rating: 2.95 · 21 ratings · 5 reviews · 29 distinct works
Metal Heads

2.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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Reykjavik: A Novel

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Imagined

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Of Gods, Royals and Superma...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Grok

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The Lottery Ticket

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I, Michelangelo

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Filemaker Pro 4 for Dummies

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The Juggling Act

Can't think of any other way to describe this gap in my blog postings on Goodreads. Many balls tossed in the air, lots of dancing around as nimbly as possible on my feet, going with the flow. The gap is there because of the major effort during the last couple of years that's gone into a new work of fiction, entitled Reykjavik: A Novel. This one is unlike any of my previous novels, in voice, style, Read more of this blog post »
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message 3: by Karen

Karen Hi Tom,

Thanks for finding me here. I wish the best of luck with Metal Heads! Keep me posted on your news and events, okay?

Best,

Karen Harrington


message 2: by Roger

Roger Cottrell Hi Tom,
Always great to meet another writer and I used to manage a band called The Metal Heads. They were really terrible!
Cheers.
ROGER


message 1: by Dave

Dave Hi Tom,
Glad to have you as a friend on Goodreads and elsewhere. Thanks, too, for your kind comments about Heart of Diamonds. I look forward to your review.
You have a new novel coming out as well, do you not?
Best,
Dave Donelson


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