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This author also writes under the pen name Holly Atkins.

Chris describes herself as a compulsive story-teller, cat slave and hen keeper. Originally from the UK, she now resides in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Her latest novel, Spirit of the Shell Man, is the sequel to Song of the Sea Goddess.
Both are available in paperback, on Kindle and as Audiobooks. Also on Kindle Unlimited.

You can listen to a sample of Song of the Sea Goddess on audiobook.


Other novels:
- Following the Green Rabbit: a fantastical adventure. Try a podcast taster.

- You'll Never Walk Alone: Thrills and Spills in 1980s Liverpool

- The Silver Locket (published under pen name, Holly Atkins).

She has also released a tiny taster of her work in a short story collection, A
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It’s such a nice apartment, and she had been there for ages. She had been a worker for many years, but now she’s retired. Fun, relaxing and happiness.

She has a few friends, but not close, and that’s fine.
She doesn’t mind cooking, but nothing fancy. It takes too long otherwise.
She has her little table and her laptop, and she does bits and pieces.

However, her passion i

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Song of the Sea Goddess

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Louisa May Alcott
“Let us be elegant or die!”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl

Ellen Read
“Several colourful parrots were in a shrub arguing over nectar from beautiful red flowers — bottle brush, she thought.”
― Ellen Read, When Jacarandas Bloom

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“Our greatest creation is our selves. The way we cultivate our appearance and behavior. And nowhere is our artwork more apparent than in our own minds. They way we each have an idea of self. The one perfect self we've chosen by rejecting all other options.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, The Invention of Sound

Nelson Mandela
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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