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Essa Alroc

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://essaalroc.com/

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Genre

Humor, Mystery & Thrillers, Romance

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Jacqueline Susann, Jennifer Crusie, Janet Evanovich and Tim Dorsey ...more

Member Since

August 2012

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Essa Alroc is a general miscreant, occasional recreational drug hobbyist, and frequent user of the word 'shenanigans.'

She also writes books. You should read them.

You should also use the word 'shenanigans' more. It's just so fun to say. Like any minute now, a bunch of short Irish children are going to come bursting out of a closet and some old guy is going to complain "damn those shenanigans!"

What the hell was I talking about again? Was this supposed to be my author bio? Also, I'm supposed to be talking about myself in third person.

It shows I'm fancy.

Sorry, anyway Essa Alroc writes books. You should read them. Finally...

Shenanigans. ...more

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Signing off

I very much enjoyed writing novels, but I don't plan on finishing my first series. To the twelve people that read it, I'm sorry. Being a novelist is a big responsibility that I'm not prepared to take on.

Thanks for reading.

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Published on August 20, 2016 16:37

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Average rating: 3.73 · 420 ratings · 52 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Apology 3.65 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Strangely Sober (Strangely Sober, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Asymmetric Angels (Strangely Sober, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012	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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