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Jurjevics, Juris
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Juris Jurjevics was born in Tukums, Latvia on April 26, 1943. He and his family lived in refugee camps in Germany until they immigrated to New York in 1950. He attended Valparaiso University and was drafted into the Army. After he was discharged, he became an editor at Avon Books and was later editor in chief of E. P. Dutton and editor in chief of the Dial Press. In 1986, he co-founded Soho Press. He retired from Soho Press in 2006 to write full time. His novels included The Trudeau Vector, Red Flags, and Play the Red Queen. He died of heart disease on November 7, 2018 at the age of 75.
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