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Jay Chesters

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The United Kingdom

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Fiction, Contemporary, Science Fiction

Member Since

July 2017

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Jay Chesters is an award-winning author writing unusual contemporary fiction. His books The Cat Who Hated Bird and Year of the Bear weave together folklore and speculative fiction with fantasy, magical realism, science fiction, horror, and social commentary. Mostly intentionally.

After 20 years of living in a dozen different cities across three continents, Jay now lives on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja (Perth, Western Australia) with his wife and two boisterous cats.

When he’s not working, Jay is usually found in the wild in Perth’s bookshops, cafes, and coffee shops, writing and making the place look untidy. When he’s not writing, Jay generally frets about how he should be writing.

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Average rating: 4.69 · 13 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Year of the Bear 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 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
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The Ammonite Violin & Other

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

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The Complete Supernatural Stories

by Ambrose Bierce

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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson

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