Location: United States
Member Since: May 07, 2012

Duane L. Ostler


Biography

Duane L. Ostler was raised in Southern Idaho, where the wind never stops. He has lived in Australia, Mexico, Brazil, China, the big Island of Hawaii, and—most foreign of all—New Jersey. He and his wife have five children and two cats.

Books

Detectives in Diapers: The Mystery of the Aztec Amulet    by Duane L. Ostler
Price: Free! 17020 words. Published on April 27, 2013. Fiction.
Flo and Mo are not ordinary babies. Although they are only fourteen months old, they can use a computer, trick any mindless adult they want, and help their goofy detective father solve baffling crimes. Then a mysterious girl comes to their father, claiming that her grandmother has disappeared. Will the babies' superior brains be able to solve the mystery and save their bumbling parents?
The Wards of Clovis Gloober    by Duane L. Ostler
Price: Free! 35690 words. Published on December 9, 2012. Fiction.
There are a number of odd things about the new girl in Maddie's class at Centennial Middle School. Why does she claim she's never been outside to look at the stars at night? Where is the strange place called 'Rana' she says she comes from? And who is the mysterious 'Clovis Gloober' who acts as her guardian? As Maddie soon learns, the answers to these questions are both wonderful and terrible.
Itchy Mitch and the Taming of Broken Jaw Junction    by Duane L. Ostler
Price: Free! 46710 words. Published on May 7, 2012. Fiction.
The new vegetable-loving sheriff of Broken Jaw Junction outwits outlaws, bank robbers and cattle rustlers--using just a few carrot sticks and celery! But one day, he meets an unexpected and unbeatable foe ...

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