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Rodman Philbrick

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Aka William R Dantz, Chris Jordan, W.R. Philbrick.

Rodman Philbrick grew up on the New England coast, where he worked as a longshoreman and boat builder. For many years he wrote mysteries and detective novels. The Private Eye Writers of America nominated two of his T.D.Stash series as best detective novel and then selected Philbrick's 'Brothers & Sinners' as Best Novel in 1993. Writing under the pen name 'William R. Dantz' he has explored the near-future worlds of genetic engineering and hi-tech brain control in books like 'Hunger', 'Pulse', 'The Seventh Sleeper'. And 'Nine Levels Down'.

Inspired by the life of a boy who lived a few blocks away, he wrote 'Freak The Mighty', the award-winning young-adult novel, which has been translated into numerous languages and is now read in schools throughout the world. The book was adapted to the screen in 1998 as 'The Mighty', starring Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson, James Gandolfini, Kieran Culkin, and Elden Henson.

Philbrick, a screenwriter as well as a novelist, is the author of a number of novels for young readers, including 'The Fire Pony', 'Max the Mighty', 'REM World', 'The Last Book In The Universe', 'The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds' and 'The Young Man And The Sea'. His recent novels for adults include 'Dark Matter', 'Coffins', and 'Taken'. He and his wife divide their time between Maine and the Florida Keys.

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Rodman Philbrick

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Books from Rodman Philbrick

Freak the Mighty

The Last Book in the Universe

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

Max the Mighty

The Young Man and the Sea

The Big Dark

The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds: The Donner Party Expedition, 1846

Wild River

Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future

The Courtship of Lily Mullins: Rodman Philbrick

Abduction

Night Creature (Werewolf Chronicles, #1)

Night Creature (The Werewolf Chronicles Book 1)

The Wereing (Werewolf Chronicles, #3)

The Final Nightmare (House on Cherry Street, #3)

Strange Invaders (Visitors, #1)

Things (Visitors, #2)

Brain Stealers (Visitors Book , #3)

The Haunting (House on Cherry Street, #1)

The Horror