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Michael P. Naughton

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Born

in Detroit, The United States

April 09

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http://www.michaelpnaughton.com

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Mystery, Thriller, Poetry

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Michael P. Naughton was born in Detroit. He is a mystery and satire writer, poet and screenwriter who writes in the style of Elmore Leonard and Donald E. Westlake. He is also a professional musician and songwriter for the rock group '92 in the Shade. He had previously worked for Borders for many years and in technology and went on to publish actor Michael Madsen's poetry and photography under 13 Hands Publications. He released his first mystery novel in May of 2008 entitled Deathryde: Rebel Without a Corpse which is a series is written in the hip, offbeat style of Richard Stark's Parker heist/crime caper books. His latest release is Pit: A Leo Van Cleef Novel released January 13th, 2023. His style is also similar to Gregory Mcdonald (Fletch ...more

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	American Badass by Michael Madsen, Michael P. Naughton (Goodreads Author), Donna Novak 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deathryde: Rebel Without a Corpse 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Expecting Rain by Michael Madsen, Michael P. Naughton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jerry Hopkins (Introduction) 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pit - A Leo Van Cleef Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crayola Can't Make These Colors by Elaine Madsen, Michael P. Naughton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Donna Novak (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Deathryde: Rebel Without a Corpse

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Pit - A Leo Van Cleef Novel

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