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Bill McCurry was born in Fort Worth Texas and now lives thirty five miles away in Dallas Texas That short distance produces divergence than one might think If both cities were apples Dallas would be sliced and resting on a bed of arugula and kale with some nice vinaigrette while Fort Worth would be sitting in a bin at the Farmer s Market behind a sign that reads These are good old apples If you re looking for kale Dallas is over there In childhood Bill came to love fiction late preferring history and science books instead In his mid teens he discovered science fiction and fantasy novels particularly Roger Zelazny Ursula Le Guin Robert Heinlein J. Dragons at that awkward agequo R Tolkien Robert E Howard Harry Harrison Marion Zimmer Bradley Ric Bill McCurry was born in Fort Worth Texas and now lives thirty five miles away in Dallas Texas That short distance produces divergence than one might think If both cities were apples Dallas would be sliced and resting on a bed of arugula and kale with some nice vinaigrette while Fort Worth would be sitting in a bin at the Farmer s Market behind a sign that reads These are good old apples If you re looking for kale Dallas is over there In childhood Bill came to love fiction late preferring history and science books instead In his mid teens he discovered science fiction and fantasy novels particularly Roger Zelazny Ursula Le Guin Robert Heinlein J. Dragons at that awkward agequest cast R Tolkien Robert E Howard Harry Harrison Marion Zimmer Bradley Richard Brautigan Robert Saberhagen Piers Anthony and Gordon R Dickson Michael Moorcock was also a favorite Bill inhaled all five Elric books in one day while home with a bad cold More recently he has particularly enjoyed the work of Christopher Moore Orson Scott Card Neil Gaiman John Steakley and Sir Terry Pratchett. Dragons at that awkward agement trailer Death s Collector is Bill s first published novel to be followed by Wee Piggies of Radiant Might and Death s Book of Tricks all part of The Death Cursed Wizard series Three unpublished novels preceded Death s Collector all of which he loves like children despite their irredeemable flaws. Dragons at that awkward agewise meaning A in Sociology from the University of Texas at Arlington Arlington lies halfway between Fort Worth and Dallas The implications may best be imagined The most important thing he learned in college is that nobody is under any obligation to teach him anything including professors Especially professors since they ve attended classes on how to look down upon the uneducated That detail may be fabricated but the principle stands. Dragons at that awkward ages book People have paid Bill to do an odd variety of things including construction market research acting and managing software projects He lives with his four cats who are aspiring internet celebrities and his lovely wife a woman so keenly determined that she would always be able to kill him if it came to a knife fight site_link A reluctant aging assassin An angry dragon hitting puberty A realm about to go up in flames Bib the sorcerer fears his marriage is on the rocks But while the cynical forty something and his wife attempt to restore her magically erased memories a powerful magician enspells him with a command to kill a king And while he wracks his brain for a loophole to avoid committing regicide a ravenous teenage dragon shows up demanding answers Using the flame throwing beast to prop up his waning physical prowess Bib reluctantly slays the local ruler and then hunts down the man who forced him into the deed But traveling across the land with an acne ridden sidekick has his past life flashing before his eyes in a worrying stream of questionably selfish decisions Will Bib rewrite the ending to his own story before chaos sets the world on fire Dragons At That Awkward Age is the snappy second book in the Sorcerer of Bad Examples humorous fantasy series If you like ridiculous misadventures fast paced action and blazing snark then you ll love Bill McCurry s sharp toothed take on adolescence Buy Dragons At That Awkward Age to parent a deadly little monster today Dragons at That Awkward Age Sorcerer of Bad Examples Book 2 amazingOnce again the author spins a fantastical plot line full of both humor and angst He leaves the audience craving for the next adventure I hope it comes soon Dragons at That Awkward Age Sorcerer of Bad Examples Book 2