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Les Standiford

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Bio

Les Standiford is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Last Train to Paradise, Meet You in Hell, and Bringing Adam Home. His book, The Man Who Invented Christmas, was a New York Times 'Editors' Choice' and was made into a feature film starring Christopher Plummer and Dan Stevens in 2018. He is a Professor of English and Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University and holds a MA and PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah. He attended the US Air Force Academy and Columbia School of Law and is a former screenwriting fellow and graduate of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Les Standiford Books

Battle for the Big Top book cover

Battle for the Big Top

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Miami Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir) book cover

Miami Noir: The Classics (Akashic Noir)

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Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu book cover

Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and the Rise of America's Xanadu

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The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In) book cover

The Man Who Invented Christmas (Movie Tie-In)

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Water to the Angels book cover

Water to the Angels

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Deal with the Dead book cover

Deal with the Dead

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Desperate Sons book cover

Desperate Sons

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Book Deal book cover

Book Deal

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Raw Deal book cover

Raw Deal

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Presidential Deal book cover

Presidential Deal

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Done Deal book cover

Done Deal

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Deal to Die For book cover

Deal to Die For

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Bone Key book cover

Bone Key

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Havana Run book cover

Havana Run

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Bringing Adam Home book cover

Bringing Adam Home

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The Man Who Invented Christmas book cover

The Man Who Invented Christmas

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Washington Burning book cover

Washington Burning

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Miami Noir book cover

Miami Noir

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Meet You in Hell book cover

Meet You in Hell

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Last Train to Paradise book cover

Last Train to Paradise

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