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Richard Crasta: Editing and Proofreading Services About Me Briefly: I am the author of 12 books, one of which was published in ten countries and in seven languages. I have an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and an MA in Literature from American University, and studied editing at a workshop taught by a senior editor from Little, Brown. I then worked at a New York literary agency for a year, evaluating a wide range of manuscripts and writing detailed content critiques on around 400 different books. In recent years, I have edited romance novels, thrillers, literary novels, NGO reports, and a nonfiction book by a senior professor.  A longtime New Yorker, I have attended more than a dozen International Book Fairs, book industry events, and writing conferences, and have traveled widely and lived in five countries. Please also look up my Linked-in profile and my website . I have, by now, received good reviews from many of my clients, and am currently edi

On Father's Day, sharing photographs of my late father

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My late father, John Baptist Crasta, whose memoir Eaten by the Japanese: The Memoir of an Unknown Indian Prisoner of War is available on Amazon and elsewhere as an e-book and paperback, here in some old photographs: Will someone please tell me if the man in the first picture pinning a medal on my father's chest is the man who turned out to be Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw? Above is the latest paperback edition of my father's book, and it features a photograph of him autographing the first edition at the age of 87. Thank you! Links: Eaten by the Japanese : http://myBook.to/B004UBFXFC http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50202 http://itunes.apple.com/uk/book/eaten-by-japanese-the-memoir/id436268256?mt=11 http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/eaten-by-japanese-the-memoir/id436268256?mt=11 http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eaten-by-the-japanese-richard-crasta/1100079610?ean=2940011274305 http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Eaten-Japanese-The-Memoir-Unknown