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Ryan Lailvaux

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Durban, South Africa

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Science Fiction

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Ryan Lailvaux was born in South Africa and has lived across the world. He grew up with a love for reading, especially anything that involved dinosaurs or monsters. From short stories to screenplays, travel blogs to political articles, he would still find time to write. Now he works in software by day, writing novels by night. In his spare time, Lailvaux enjoys exploring new countries, improving his chess rating, getting lost in Sci-Fi films and is a proud Leeds United fan.

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The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

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The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

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