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Ian Preston grew up in a small rural village in Staffordshire. His father loves books and read to him from a very young age. Ian can remember his father reading him The Wind in the Willows when he was just three or four years old. The tales of the river bank and fights between Badger and the stoats gripped him each night and he looked forward to bedtime. As he grew up and began reading to himself, Ian became fascinated by tales of Narnia and Middle Earth. His favourite books were written by J.R.R. Tolkien, especially 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. He secretly hoped that the small part of England he grew up in had once been part of the Shire before the elves left.

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“Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”
― Ann Patchett, Truth & Beauty

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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

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