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Mike Harvkey is the author of the novel, IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS (2014) and researcher-reporter for the #1 bestselling true crime book, ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (2018), by James Patterson and Alex Abramovich. Mike’s writing has appeared in Esquire, Salon, The Believer, Poets & Writers, Fiction Writers’ Review, Nylon, Mississippi Review, Zoetrope All-Story Magazine, and Alaska Quarterly Review. He teaches in Columbia University's Creative Writing MFA Program in New York. ...more

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	All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Alex Abramovich, Mike Harvkey (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 12,929 ratings — published 2018 — 30 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
	In the Course of Human Events 3.75 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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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