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Alan Karls
Alan R Karls has loved books since he learned to read. He wore out his local public library’s children section and was in the adult section by fourth grade. He has written screenplays, novels, shor...view moreAlan R Karls has loved books since he learned to read. He wore out his local public library’s children section and was in the adult section by fourth grade. He has written screenplays, novels, short stories, and magazine articles, and is a corporate copywriter. His first true love was science fiction—the early pulp kind he refers to as the Ray Guns and Big Breasted Women genre in which strong, young male heroes save the world by being an individual and breaking rules, with lurid covers of ray guns, spaceships, and voluptuous women in tight space suits. His favorite authors are Robert A. Heinlein, Dashiell Hammett, and Gore Vidal. He claims that he learned the most about writing from the nuns in grade school and from reading encyclopedia articles. He has a master’s degree in communication.view less