Bernard J. Schaffer (born 1974) is an American

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, and a former

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who appeared on the

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program '' Don't Just Sit There!''. He joined the police department in 1996 and passed the detective's test in 2005. Schaffer cites

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's '' On Writing'' as his favorite book, describing King as "my Musashi," and the ''

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Bibliography

Schaffer has

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several works, including: * ''Women and Other Monsters'' (

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; May

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) * ''Whitechapel: the Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes'' (a

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novel; 16 June

) * ''Guns of Seneca 6'' ( sci-fi western; October 2011) * ''Ancient Rituals'' (short story collection; 12 January

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) * ''Superbia'' (

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; 20 January 2012) * ''The Kyoshi Scrolls'' (

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; 1 February 2012) * ''Codename: Omega'' (novella collection; 7 March 2012) * ''Knife Fights'' (essays and poetry; 22 March 2012), formerly the project titled "''Codex Leicester''" * ''Superbia II'' (crime novel; 25 March 2012) * ''Simple Ebook Formatting in 10 Easy Steps'' (formatting

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; 11 May 2012) * ''Coordinates to Unmapped Places'' (fiction collection; 16 May 2012) * ''Chambered Rounds'' (non-fiction collection; 16 May 2012) * ''Magnificent Guns of Seneca 6'' ( sci-fi western; 10 July 2012) * ''Overdogs'' (fiction collection; 12 September 2012) * ''Immaculate Killers'' ( sci-fi western; 6 December 2012) * ''Grendel Unit: Bad Day at Khor-wa'' (

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; 2 February

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) * ''Superbia 3'' (crime novel; 27 April 2013) * ''The Girl From Tenerife'' (Fiction 15 January 2014) * ''Codex Fantastica'' (anthology 31 May 2014) * ''Saokata'' (fantasy 2014-05-22) * ''Tiny Dragons 1: The Sky Dragons'' (fantasy 2013-07-31) * ''Grendel Unit 2: Ignition Sequence'' ( military science fiction 2014-03-17) * ''Grendel Unit 3: Fight the Power'' (military science fiction 2014-07-15) * ''Way of the Warrior: Collected Edition Books 1+2 (Law Enforcement Philosophy'' 2014-06-25) He is also the founder of the short-fiction

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''Kindle All-Stars'', contributing the Seneca 6 story "Old-Time Lawmen" to the first collection, ''Resistance Front'', and the story "Carnival of Cryptids" in the second collection, ''Carnival of Crypids''. His upcoming projects include the historical sequel ''Whitechapel 2: Inspector Lestrade and the Torso Killer'', the sword-and-sorcery fantasy story ''The Widow Sword'', and a third installment of the ''Kindle All-Stars'' anthology.

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