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Paperback novelist Pierce Askegren was foremost a creative writer: imaginative, at times dark and quirky, but entertaining, even when it came to his own upbringing.
A quick Internet search of his name turns up a Wikipedia entry with a biographical sketch of the Annandale resident that begins on an intriguing note.
"His life began in the circus where his parents performed as high wire walkers," the entry reads. "After a tragic fall at the age of 11, Askegren broke his hip and began a (...)