Boston Teran

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Boston Teran is the pseudonymous American author of 16 novels published from 1999 to 2023. Teran's legal identity is unknown, and the author engages in limited publicity by doing only one interview per book. [1]

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Two of Teran's novels have been adapted for the screen: God Is a Bullet (1999 novel, film released 2023) and The Creed of Violence (2010 novel, in development as of 2023).

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