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Jack Hudson

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Jack is a writer raised in the outback of Northern England. His writing has appeared in Vogue, Daily Telegraph, Red Bull, Another Escape, Outdoor Swimmer, and many more… His second book 'Cold Water' is currently funding on the award-winning Unbound platform.

Jack is also the author of Swim Wild (Yellow Kite Books) and youngest of The Wild Swimming Brothers. Together he and his two brothers have swum: the world’s 3 strongest maelstroms, a 90-mile river over 9 days, the 15.3km length of Loch Broom at 13C, the Strait of Messina and the Turkish Hellespont, from Europe to Asia. ...more

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	Swim Wild: Dive into the natural world and discover your inner adventurer by Jack Hudson (Goodreads Author), Calum Hudson, Robbie Hudson 3.64 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Machine by Jack Hudson (Goodreads Author), Robbie Hudson (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows of Death: A Naked Native's Love Story by M T Luckett, Jack Hudson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Why I chose to launch my next book on Kickstarter

Picture this then — it’s April 19, 2018. A year earlier, I signed my first book deal. The dream of a lifetime. Years and years of misguided prose had seemingly been validated. Goddamnit an entire degree had paid off. And I was becoming that one thing I had always wanted to be...
A published author.

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Sydney: A Biography

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