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                         icholas Prata was born in Pittsburgh
 in 1968 and lived in 11 homes and 5 different states before his senior year
 in high school. He attended the University of Delaware, graduating in 1992
 with degrees in History and Political Science, with a minor in Philosophy.
                         
                         
                          
                         lthough he flirted briefly with
the  idea of a career in law, Nick went on to become a banker. However, his
first  love has always been writing. His dream of becoming a published author
was  fulfilled in 1997 with the publication of his first book, Angels in
Iron.                          
                         
                         
                          
                         ick currently resides in Bear, DE. 
                          
                         
                        Featured Works 
                         
                        Literature 
                         
                        
                           -  Excerpts from the novel
  Angels in Iron
                             (1997)
 
                           -  Excerpt from the novel
  Dream of Fire
                             (2001)
 
                           -  Poems
 
                           
                          
                             - Myself                             
 
                             - No More                             
 
                             - Evenings, Yes                          
  
 
                             - His Pleasure                           
 
 
                             - Lament                             
 
                           
                           
                         
                         
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                  Favorite Books:
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         Lord 
of the Rings, J.R.R.  Tolkien. 
                         Starship
 Troopers, Robert Heinlein. 
                         The Silmarillion
  , J.R.R. Tolkien. 
                         The Robots
 of Dawn, Isaac Asimov. 
                         Zorachus
  , Mark E. Rogers. 
                         The Inferno
  , Dante Alighieri. 
                         Hamlet
  , William Shakespeare. 
                         Space Cadet
  , Robert Heinlein. 
                         The Gallic
 Wars, Gaius Julius Caesar. 
                         The Great
 Siege, Ernle Bradford. | 
                        
                     
                                       
                   
                   
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