Dallas Clayton
publication date: Thursday, August 29, 2013 (part of Summer 2013)
category: 
Literature
clue: Writing children's literature is good. Becoming a financial hit on your own after every publisher turned you down is awesome.
explanation: Clayton's self-published An Awesome Book become a best-seller. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Justin Woods, and Mike Rothstein
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