that opened upr possibilities. within four years i would myself be living in spain.hin a few years f more i hada typewriter and had an idea. now i could find a way out that failure. i would start to write fiction. [applause] [cheering] >> please welcome to the stage the number one "new york times" best-selling author of 23 novels brad thor. >> thank you very much. this is a lot of fun to follow gerry seinfeld, an irishman and sell my story in three minutes 51 seconds. this iss great the less i was asked by simon & schuster to say anything as a former bigwig ceo theyet said say something nice maybe something people do not know about them i said is the fastest guy in publishing his own person i know who can leave midtown at 5:00 p.m. on a friday be in the hamptons by 3:30 p.m. at. [laughter] not knowing had a reputation maybe for speaking out a little early on the weekend. in my family growing up the arch were something to make a better rounded. they were not a career path. my dad had begun his life as a young adult in the marine corps and my mom was a flight attendant

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