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MEL ODOM
is the author of the Alex Award–winning novel
The Rover
and the Christy Award runner-up
Apocalypse Dawn
. Odom has been inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame (at the age of 37—otherwise mentioning such an award makes him sound very old and retired). He lives in Moore, Oklahoma, where he coached Little League for years, and teaches professional writing classes at the University of Oklahoma. Since first being published in 1988, Mel has written more than 160 books in various fields, which he blames on his ADHD, desperation (five children), and opportunity.