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Ann Massey

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Born
in Bolton, The United Kingdom
February 10, 1945

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Ann Massey writes fiction that draws on different literary traditions. Ann calls her books square-pegs because they don't slot neatly into a specific genre slot. She is the author of four genre-bender books. Her latest book, "The Little Dog Laughed", a quirky historical fantasy was published on 15 January 2016. Ann holds a college degree in teaching and currently teaches English Literature. Outside of teaching, she worked in the newspaper industry as a sub-editor and marketing manager. In 1986 she won the prestigious INMA marketing award. After living in England and Borneo, she has settled in the beach-side suburb of Quinns Rocks in Western Australia. ...more

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Ann Massey THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED -- an amusingly bizarre fantasy , and an evocatively real time travel romance.

Set in Roman occupied Briton it is the story o…more THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED -- an amusingly bizarre fantasy , and an evocatively real time travel romance.

Set in Roman occupied Briton it is the story of a couple that fell out of love a long time ago, and are given the chance to rebuild their lives with new partners— alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women.

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Ann Massey Ann Massey I’m not a good sleeper! Often in the early hours of the morning I turn on the television in the bedroom. Faced with a choice between an inf…moreAnn Massey I’m not a good sleeper! Often in the early hours of the morning I turn on the television in the bedroom. Faced with a choice between an infomercial pushing steam mops & a cartoon, I plumped for the latter. Aren’t I glad I did! "Family Guy", an adult animated sitcom in which a baby genius frequently aspired to murder his mother was the Inspiration for Spartacus, the anthropomorphic Jack Russell terrier with a bad attitude in "The Little Dog Laughed" who deliberately maroons his mistress, Reggie, aka the Regulator, in Roman Britain.

In "Family Guy", the evil baby builds a time machine in which he and his pet dog, Brian travel through time. However, Ennis, Reggie’s disabled partner accidentally acquires a ticket to the past when he purchases a new mobility scooter.

"The Little Dog Laughed" is mainly set in Roman Briton. and like the animated sitcom exhibits humour wit and satire as two septuagenarians and their little dog rediscover their youth, when Boadicea battled Rome’s most feared general. (less)
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Average rating: 3.85 · 117 ratings · 44 reviews · 12 distinct works
Salvation Jane
3.84 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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The Little Dog Laughed
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The White Amah
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The Biocide Conspiracy
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YELP!: a time-travel fantasy
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Massey’s young adult novel is nothing short of gripping, which is the likely reason it is just as popular with adults as teens. It revolves around secret biological experiments on a space station that crash-lands in the middle of the desert in Western Australia bringing lots of action — as a young offender from the city on probation, and a nerdy local girl attem Read more of this blog post »
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