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My name is Miguel Coppedge. I am a bestselling published author of 3 books, “The Adventures

of FireMan”, “The Adventures of FireMan and The Case of The Stinger, and “Friendly

Officers” which I published by the age of 10 and became a filmmaker, speaker, philanthropist,

and app developer. I wrote my first book at the age of 8 because I had finished reading all of

the books in my room. I gave the book to my mom. However, she didn’t read it until 3 months

later when her friend told her that her book was published. My mom told her friend I wrote a

book. She read it and sent it to her friend. Her friend loved it and suggested my mom send it to

her publisher. My mom did as her friend suggested and the publisher loved it! We did a

Gofundme to raise the money to publish my book. October 13, 2015 I became a published

author. I just wrote the book out of boredom. I never thought I would become a published

author.

Becoming a published author has been an awesome journey and a blessing. I’ve been on the

news a few times promoting my books. I’ve done tons of vending events. I’ve been in several

newspapers and online and physical magazine publications. I’ve been on numerous live

podcasts and internet radio shows and I’ve received numerous awards for my achievements. I

visit schools, clubs and childcare centers and read my books and I give motivational speeches. I

developed an app called “miguelstorybook” on Google Play Store where kids can download

and read my books for free and my books are also in DC Public Library’s Children’s

Department.

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