Joseph DeMarco was born in New York City; he grew up in Buffalo, NY. He has taught seventh grade on the island of Oahu, Hawaii for the last ten years. He is the author of the novels Plague of the Invigilare, The 4 Hundred and 20 Assassins of Emir Abdullah-Harazins, At Play in the Killing Fields, Blind Savior, False Prophet, Vegans Are Tastier, and The 4 Hundred and 20 Assassins: Green Mourning. He
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Influences:Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, Chris Moore, Douglas Adams, Chuck Palahniuk, Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, Stephen Baxter, George R.R. Martin, Douglas Coupland, Robert Heinlein
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Blind Savior, False Prophet was nominated for the Montaigne Medal for illuminating, progressing, or redirecting modern thought.
Blind Savior, False Prophet is a finalist for the 2008 Book of the Year Awards in the Religious Fiction category.
Vegans Are Tastier is a finalist for the 2011 Book of the Year Awards in the Science Fiction category.
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