Bob Morris Research Paper

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I had a really good experience at the literary event I attended at Valencia of Bob Morris and his conquest of becoming a writer. Bob Morris is an American novelist who writes Caribbean themed mysteries. He is also the president of story farm, a custom publishing company that creates books, magazines and other publications for a variety of clienteles. Bob Morris went through a long and difficult journey, but eventually made it as a successful writer. He was also nominated for Edgar award for best first novel by an American author.
First of all, like most college students Bob Morris never knew what he wanted to be while attending college. His route of becoming a journalism was indirect. After failing two consecutive terms of organic chemistry, Morris realized that he wasn’t cut out to be a marine biologist. Bob took some time off of college and spent two years traveling the world and exploring new things. When Bob came back from his journey, he was still undecided about what he wanted to do with his life which worried his mom deeply. His mom suggested to pursue a career in writing since he used to write numerous letters back home and received plenty of good feedbacks from his family.
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Bob has published five novels and wrote more than twenty books related to fiction and non-fiction throughout his career. He writes about Caribbean themed mysteries because he has always been fascinated by it and also about the unexpected of the island. Traveling through the Caribbean inspired Bob to write his first book called “Bahamarama” which was released in November, 2004 and was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe award for best first mystery novel and was chosen by the library journal as top five of the year in

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