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David McDonald

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David McDonald is a mild mannered editor by day, and a wild eyed writer by night. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he works for an international welfare organisation, and divides his spare time between playing cricket and writing.

In 2013 he won the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent, and in 2014 won the William J. Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review and was shortlisted for the WSFA Small Press Award. His short fiction has appeared in anthologies from publishers such as Moonstone Books, Crazy 8 Press and Fablecroft Publishing. In 2015, his first movie novelisation, Backcountry, was released by Harper Collins, and his first Marvel novel—Guardians of the Galaxy:Castaways—was published in August 2016.

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	nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery and the Macabre by Nancy Kilpatrick (editor), Caro Soles (Goodreads Author) (editor), Loren Rhoads (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.91 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Castaways 3.28 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2016 — 2 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
	Marvel's Captain America: Sub Rosa 3.39 avg rating — 74 ratings — 2 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 Lone Ranger Chronicles by Matthew Baugh (editor), Tim Lasiuta (editor), Richard Dean Starr (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Expiration Date by Nancy Kilpatrick (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lois H. Gresh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	Insert Title Here by Tehani Croft Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jo Anderton (Goodreads Author), Stephanie Burgis (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	Horror, Humor, and Heroes Volume 3 - New Faces of Science Fiction by Jim Bernheimer (Goodreads Author), David McDonald (Goodreads Author), C.T. Phipps (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	Flesh and Bone: Rise of the Necromancers by Jessy Marie Roberts (Editor), David McDonald (Goodreads Author), Lydia Sharp (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010 — 2 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
	Epilogue by Tehani Croft Wessely (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thoraiya Dyer (Goodreads Author), Jason Nahrung (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Cold Comfort 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 2 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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Fire with Fire (Tales of the Terran Republic, #1)

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