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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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The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)

by Lee Child (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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