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He lives in gainesville, florida with his wife and three sons. He is the author of the awardwinning alfred kropp books the extraordinary adventures of alfred kropp, the seal of solomon, and the thirteenth skull and the highly effective detective. Sep 10, 20 this second book in the monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness. His books have been published in over twenty languages and have earned numerous accolades and awards from around the world. While working at the irs, yancey wrote screenplays in his spare time. Rick lives in florida with his wife, sandy, and their son, jake. An author of young adult fiction, the bestselling american writer richard yancey is a prolific presence within the sciencefiction and fantasy genres. The series lasted three books, concluding in 2016 with the last star. Pellinore warthrop and his young ward, will henry, continue in the curse of the wendigo.
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The first book of the 5th wave series paperback february 10, 2015. Rick yancey rick yancey is the author of the new york times bestseller the 5th wave, the infinite sea, several adult novels, and the memoir confessions of a tax collector. He writes the alfred kropp, teddy ruzak, monstrumologist and fifth wave series. Richard yancey is an american author of ya suspense, fantasy and science fiction novels. The second book of the 5th wave by rick yancey overview the riveting followup to the new york times bestselling the 5th wave, hailed by. Richard yancey born november 4, 1962 is an american author who writes works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction. Yancey began writing when he was young and published his first book, a burning in homeland, in 2003.
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