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Born June 8, 1947 (age 77) • Ames • Iowa
Notable Works “Bitter Medicine” • “Blacklist” • “Bleeding Kansas” • “Blood Shot” • “Breakdown” • “Brush Back” • “Critical Mass” • “Dead Land” • “Deadlock” • “Fallout” • “Fire Sale” • “Ghost Country” • “Hardball” • “Indemnity Only” • “Killing Orders” • “Shell Game” • “Total Recall”
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