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JAMES ZWERNEMAN is an award-winning writer and illustrator living in North Naples, Florida. He studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins and earned his MFA in Fiction from UC Irvine. Upon graduation, he won the Henfield Award, a cash prize given to just five of the top MFA students in the nation. He also published his first story in One Story, one of America’s top literary journals.

After living in LA, he moved to Naples to write novels. He also writes and illustrates the children’s book series The Adventures of Ta and Boddington.

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	Uruk: A Novel of the First City 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — 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
	Into the Unknown (The Adventures of Ta and Boddington, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
	The Chief's Dilemma (The Adventures of Ta and Boddington, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Boddington and the Bicycle (The Adventures of Ta and Boddington, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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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James and 1 other person liked Daniel Massett's review of Uruk: A Novel of the First City: "This is a great book. On one level, it's an incredibly fun adventure story with a very cool setting, taking the reader on a journey across Ancient Mesopotamia. The adventure is a thrilling one, with twists and turns and battles and bravery and traged" Read more of this review »
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