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Do you personally know any published authors?

I mean, commercially published, not just those who have "published" stuff on Wordpress or Blogspot or Substack. I know two - one has published two academic books, one on Nietzsche, one on mental health and the criminal justice system. The other is the former editor of a music fanzine that was, retrospectively, considered important enough to have its own Wikipedia page, and subsequently wrote a novel, "Revolution on the Rock".

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  • 8320
    Yes, many, many moons ago.  He gave me a signed copy of his book which has been lost to time and I don't recall his name at this time.  Very sweet, intelligent old man at the time. 
      August 20, 2025 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 53826

     

     Yes, my mother had an anthology of her poetry published by her alma mater back in the 1970s.
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      August 21, 2025 7:15 AM MDT
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  • 35558
    Yes, I have a cousin who published a book about medieval dragons etc. I do not remember the title. 
      August 21, 2025 9:38 AM MDT
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  • 17321
    Mem Fox, Ron O West, John Christopher, Teddy Tayles and me - I did a few children's books in the 80s under another pseudonym, now out of print.
    My daughter and I have both had poems published as part of larger anthologies. My daughter was eleven when she wrote the following:

    There once was a goat
    Who went for a float 
    In a boat that was quite rotten.
    It sank like a stone
    Down it went in the foam
    And that nautical goat was forgotten. 

    Though the goat was quite drowned
    He just wouldn't stay down
    He came to the top all in pieces.
    Now we've whiskers on waves
    And I rant and I rave
    For the fish that I see all have fleeces.
      August 22, 2025 6:35 AM MDT
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