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Lex Young

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.lexyoung-author.co.uk/

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

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Member Since

December 2022

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Lex Young is a horror writer hailing from Wiltshire, UK, who also likes to merge into the genre of crime and sci-fi.

Lex's first publication, A Christmas Number One, hit #1 in two separate Kindle store charts during its first month of release, and was also featured on BBC Radio in 2022.

His follow up story, V: Garcia , is currently averaging a review score of 4.9/5* on the Kindle store.

Most recently, his short story collection, Silent Fright, became a bestseller on the Kindle store.
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Average rating: 3.91 · 323 ratings · 61 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silent Fright: A collection of chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.62 avg rating — 157 ratings — 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
	Festive Fears: Thrilling & chilling Christmas short stories by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Mason Crundell 3.92 avg rating — 62 ratings	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
	A Christmas Number One 4.42 avg rating — 45 ratings	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
	Tech The Halls: Twisty Christmas tales of tech horror by Lex Young (Goodreads Author), Murphy Gray (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 41 ratings	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
	V: Garcia 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — 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

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Lex Young liked Stuart Oxlade's review of Razorblade Tears: "Razorblade Tears felt unlike most revenge thrillers I've read before; it's gritty, full of excellent dialogue, and super violent, and has the cinematic prose of a Tarantino movie. What sets it apart from your average is the plotting and Cosby's ultim" Read more of this review »
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