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Reece Willis

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Reece's journey into literature began at an early age. His imagination was lost to the tales of Charles Dickens, the adventures of Mark Twain and nail-biting prose of HP Lovecraft. He was rarely seen without his head buried deep within the pages of a book. By the age of eleven he discovered Roald Dahl and CS Lewis's land of Narnia and commenced the long running series of Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf novels, whilst his late teens took him into the dark corridors of George Orwell, Franz Kafka, Clive Barker and Stephen King.

In the nineties he wrote copy for a world renowned holiday corporation and later went on to study travel journalism and photography with the British College of Journalism. At the end of 1999 he started an online travel gu ...more

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Towards the Within Q&A

How long did it take to write Towards the Within?
About four years. I'd written for various travel publications in the past, but writing a book was completely different. I had to take time to study the concept of storytelling to ensure I could give the reader the best possible experience. There was also a considerable amount of research and fact checking involved.

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The Girl with the Seven Lives

by Vikas Swarup

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Such a Long Journey

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Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3)

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A book I will remember with great fondness and one I wished could go on and on. I was very sad when it came to an end. The story reeled me in from the very first page and held me captivated until the end. Ishvar, Om, Dina and Maneck will stay with me ...more
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