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David King

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Born in England but living on the wild west Atlantic coast of Ireland since 2016.

Classics graduate from University of Warwick

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David King American Bombshell is based on family stories of my mother's early life; married at seventeen and whisked out of a bombed-out Britain by a glamourous …moreAmerican Bombshell is based on family stories of my mother's early life; married at seventeen and whisked out of a bombed-out Britain by a glamourous American pilot.

They say write about what you know, but fictionalising the lives of people you know is fraught with emotional as well as dramatic issues. As the book is quite intense, and pulls no punches regarding war, sex or love, it was a demanding but ulitmately uplifting thing to write. (less)
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Poolbeg, my publisher, has been asking about my next book.

Right now I am (mentally if not physically) in the middle North African desert.... researching the Italian Army in WW2. And I think I need a crash course in Italian! Any translators out there?

The book is called 'Two Lives of the Butterfly' and is the story of a combat-stressed soldier and a married Englishwoman.

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Published on June 16, 2023 03:33 Tags: world-war-two

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