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Jon Rakestraw

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Lahore, Pakistan

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Historical Fiction, Children's, Paranormal

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JON RAKESTRAW is a writer, doodler and eschatologist who enjoys investigating unusual tales and phenomena. Born in Pakistan to diplomatic parents, he then lived in England for a short spell before coming to America where he plied his trade as a technical trainer and writer on various military and intelligence contracts. Now retired from that world, he has co-written The Mostly True Stories of Trudi Hierholzer and is the author of Billy Fellin’s Great Catch. His debut novel, Return of the Richmond Vampire is available in hardcover and ebook. A graduate of Kenyon College he now resides in Cornwall.

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