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3 <br /> James Maxey writes fast-paced, action-driven pulp fiction with strong emphasis <br /> on character growth and world building, dealing with larger-than-life characters <br /> adventuring in exotic worlds. Readers who delve past the dragons and superheroes on <br /> the covers will discover stories that explore the deeper aspects of the human condition, <br /> from the highly personal—love, hate, grief, anger, faith and hope—to larger societal <br /> issues such as the balance between individual freedoms and social order, the inevitable <br /> conflict when society is built of unequal classes, and mankind's relationship with the <br /> natural world. In the course of entertaining readers with imaginary worlds, Mr. Maxey <br /> hopes to provoke them into thinking more deeply about our own world and our shared <br /> responsibility to improve it. <br /> Influenced by Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould and Stephen Hawking, Mr. Maxey <br /> is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop where he studied with author-in- <br /> residence Harlan Ellison, and a graduate of Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp. He <br /> honed his craft over many years as a member of the Writer's Group of the Triad and <br /> continues to be an active part of the Codex Writers' online community. For more <br /> information, visit www.jamesmaxey.net. <br /> For more information about the Piedmont Laureate program, visit <br /> www.piedmontlaureate.com; contact Martha Shannon, Director, Orange County Arts <br /> Commission, at mshannon @orangecountync.gov or 919/968-2011; or contact any of <br /> the other sponsoring agencies. <br />