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No Irish Need Apply by Edward Patterson

High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella.  
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Ten Tales, a short story collection by Dean Cambourakis

"A fast-paced collection that excels in taking a close look at ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." - Kirkus Reviews  
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Life is fine. What can I say? I can't complain.


Background Information

While attending college, my course on existentialist literature opened a whole new world for me with the study of writers such as Sartre and Camus. After leaving college to pursue a musical career, as a singer and lyricist I wrote lyrics to dozens of original compositions. As a musician and then audio engineer, I wrote a monthly column on professional audio for a local music magazine. Later moving into the field of technology as a network engineer, I wrote for the technology panel of a regional newspaper and was the primary writer of articles based on home technology for the website “New Technology Home” until 2006. I published my first novel, The Room, in 2007 and my second novel, To Your Own Self Be True in March 2009. Burnished Bridge is a novella that published in March 2010. Eyes In This World, a series ending novel was published September 2013.

Accomplishments

Just before college, I won first place in the "National Pen Women" competition for my fictional short story 'Distinction' as well as won second place in the New York "Best of City - The Written Word".