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After a chance meeting with millionaire Herbert Haft , chairman and chief operating officer of the Dart Group, Askegren went to work at Crown Books. His time at Crown Books was tumultuous as he moved from store to store, finally ending up at the unglamorous Rolling Valley Mall location. He finally left during the late 1980s and went to work in the Defense Industry where he has been a logistician, editor, and technical writer. It was during his time in the circus that Askegren was introduced to Comic Books. He remembers being in awe of the talents of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko in Marvel Comics’ early years. Askegren has written extensively on Marvel Characters having written or cowritten many novels featuring the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four, Spiderman etc. Askegren got his start in the comics industry in the late 1970s writing short stories for Creepy Magazine. Askegren died suddenly shortly before Thanksgiving of 2006, but his death was not publicly announced by his family until several days after. No cause of death was immediately given, but it was announced that an autopsy would be performed. On December 14th his brother, James W. Askegren, released the following statement: ''All- Pierce's cause of death was Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Sudden Cardiac Death. In layman's terms, Pierce had hardening of the arteries and suffered a massive heart attack. I received the Death Certificate yesterday (12/13/2006). Thank you again for your kind words and prayers. I will get an obituary out to the local papers in the next few days.'' BOOKS Franchise novels
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# Human Resource (2005) # Fall Girl (2005) # Exit Strategy (2006) Anthologies contributions
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