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I am a writer, archaeologist and photographer. I’ve written a number of archaeological guides and histories to Britain and Ireland as well as a photographic guide to Thai reef fish.

In 2022, I published my first children’s novel, Time Thieves of Tutankhamun, a time travel adventure that starts in a museum and takes the protagonists on a mission to Ancient Egypt. I am working on the sequel.

I wrote and directed my first panto - Dick Whittington - in 2022 and I'm currently working on another. ...more

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How much have you drawn on your background as an archaeologist in the writing of this novel?

Bill Bevan Hi, and thank you for your question. I have drawn one my experience as an archaeologist, though not so much in a direct way because I have not excavat…moreHi, and thank you for your question. I have drawn one my experience as an archaeologist, though not so much in a direct way because I have not excavated or surveyed in Egypt. What I have done is to take the understanding of ancient sites or site plans of monuments that an archaeologist has to help reconstruct and populate Luxor, Karnak and the Valley of the Kings at the time of Tutankhamun. This is something archaeologists do all the time as we imagine what a site would have been like, and how people inhabited and moved around a site.

However, I did not want to try and present an archaeological history as fiction, as I feel these can become turgid and bogged down in too much detail. After doing my research, I left the archaeologist behind and transformed into the storyteller.

What has helped immensely, has been to recall a holiday in the area and the sense of wonder we felt experiencing and exploring the various locations that feature in the book.

Thank you for your question and I hope this provides an answer.(less)

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Bill Bevan I have just launched Time Thieves of Tutankhamun, the first of a series of middle grade time travel adventure stories featuring Johnny, Ted and Yaz. I…moreI have just launched Time Thieves of Tutankhamun, the first of a series of middle grade time travel adventure stories featuring Johnny, Ted and Yaz. I am working on the second book in the series, set in Ancient Greece. The three characters will meet some well-known historical and mythical people and creatures. As with Time Thieves of Tutankhamun, there is a big surprise in store for the reader - and lots for Johnny, Ted and Yaz. (less)

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	Walk into Prehistory: Discovering over Forty of the Greatest Ancient Sites of Britain and Ireland 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011	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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	Walk into the Dark Ages: Discover the Greatest Early Medieval Sites of Britain and Ireland liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	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
	Ancient peakland 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Upper Derwent: 10,000 years in a Peak District valley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	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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Four Peak District shops now stock copies of Time Thieves of Tutankhamun. You can find the papepback edition in High Peak Books of Buxton and Marsdens Gifts, Red Brick Retro and Wirksworth Heritage Centre, all of Wirksworth.

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