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Wayne Edwards

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Born

Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, The United Kingdom

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Thriller, Crime, Fiction

Influences

Ian Fleming, John D. MacDonald, Lee Child, Jack Higgins & Chris Allen

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October 2020

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I am a retired teacher who now writes fiction from my home overlooking Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

Before teaching I enjoyed a variety of careers, including DJ, Civil Servant, Insolvency Advisor & Licensed Debt Counsellor.

Although I have travelled widely most of my stories are based in the land of my fathers that is South Wales.

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Launching a new book, particularly a debut novel from an unknown Welsh writer, is not an easy task in normal times, let alone during the unprecedented situation we all find ourselves in at present due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, Lockdown is a perfect time for people to escape reality by reading a book, and I am trying harder than the current Welsh Rugby 15 to get a result by letting pe Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 30, 2020 07:09

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Leonard and Hungry Paul

by Ronan Hession (Goodreads Author)

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None So Blind (Teifi Valley Coroner, #1)

by Alis Hawkins (Goodreads Author)

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My Father's House (Rome Escape Line Trilogy, #1)

by Joseph O'Connor

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A real rogue of a thriller from the undoubted master of historical action fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed reading of the misadventures of Irish American scoundrel Paulie Shannahan, who finds himself all at sea after betraying old loyalties while naively ...more
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Wayne Edwards and 5 other people liked Steven McKay's review of The House on the Strand: "I enjoyed this one so much that I read it on Kindle, and then a year or so later listened to the (sadly abridged but brilliantly narrated) version on Audible. As an author of medieval fiction myself I was pleasantly surprised to discover this story is" Read more of this review »
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