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Jay Eckert

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New York, The United States

Website

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Jay Eckert lives with his wife and two children in northwestern New Jersey. Ever since he parked himself in front of an Atari 800 computer some hundred years ago, Jay has been a programmer and video game nut at heart. The tales of a certain bespectacled boy wizard rekindled a slumbering love of writing, which began in college with a focus on playwriting. He's passed on his video game enthusiasm to his son, and his love of writing to his daughter.
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Average rating: 4.44 · 9 ratings · 5 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Urban Mythos 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 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 Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)

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Spacebound and Down: A Cozy, Low-Stakes, Slice-of-Life Sci-fi Adventure (No Stress Space Express Book 2)

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