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When life is going along normally, youre sort of the same. Known for cowriting such works of young adult fiction as the popular everworld and animorphs series, hes also known for writing the bzrk and gone books. Michael grant has established himself as on e of the leading classical historians of our time. In this book there are many scenes of soldiers, men and female, singing army songs. Most of the books he wrote are in collaboration with his wife. Michael grant books list of books by author michael grant. Michael grant is an american author of young adult novels, frequently ghostwriting alongside wife katherine applegate. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states, as well as three schools in france.
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Michael grant, author of the gone series, the messenger of fear series, the magnificent twelve series, and the front lines trilogy, has spent much of his life on the move. See all books authored by michael grant, including gone, and hunger, and more on. Michael grant is a wellknown classical scholar and the author of many books on classical mythology. May 21, 2009 the first in new york times bestselling author michael grants breathtaking dystopian scifi saga, gone is a pageturning thriller that invokes the classic the lord of the flies along with the horror of stephen king. He lives in california with his wife, katherine applegate, and their two children. Oct 08, 2004 professor michael grant, who died on monday aged 89, was a don at cambridge, professor of humanity latin at edinburgh, and vicechancellor at the universities of khartoum and queens, belfast. Dillon poe wanted to be a comedian once but everyone made fun of him. This collection contains all six books in new york times bestselling author michael grants breathtaking dystopian scifi gone saga. And he will be chatting with michael grant, new york times bestselling author of the gone series. Smashwords about michael grant, author of manhattan. Michael grant, author of the new york times bestselling gone books, shows his funny side in this fantasyadventure series, which concludes with this fourth book. Internationally acclaimed author michael grant delivers another stunning followup to his globally bestselling gone series. Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the united kingdom and the middle east, he retired early to devote himself fully to writing.
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Michael grant cbe 21 november 1914 4 october 2004 was an english classicist, numismatist, and author of numerous books on ancient. They live in northern california with their two children. Having himself spent 21 years as a fugitive from justice, he knows firsthand about life on the run. He is famous for his gone and the magnificent 12 series. Together they have written the animorphs and the everworld book series, as well as the making out book series. Michael grant was born in london on november 21 1914, the only son of colonel maurice grant, who had served in the boer war and later wrote part of its official history, before covering the balkan. Having studied and held a number of academic posts in the united kingdom and the middle east, he retired early. Before becoming a novelist, michael worked several different odd jobs everything from a busboy to a documentary producer. Michael grant is a member of famous people who are known for being a young adult author, celebrities who are 65 years old, was born in july, in the year 1954. I have heard to following about michael grant, a famous author of aound 30 books on ancient greece and rome, he has also written about other topics. He is best known as the author of the gone dystopian adventure series.
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