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Iain Cameron Williams was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, of Scottish and Welsh ancestry. His mother was born in New York, America, and his father was born in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. His grandfather is the missionary, writer, and poet Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, and his great grandfather is the renowned Welsh writer and geographer John Francon Williams. On his maternal side, Williams is a third cousin of the author D. H. Lawrence. Iain Cameron Williams is the writer of The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue [publ. 2022], and the travelogues The Empirical Observations of Algernon (vol. I & II). Williams' debut novel for younger readers, The Tail of 'Too Bad' Mike (audiobook released July 2023, narrated by Eilidh Beaton), follows the adventures of ...more

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From October 10 to October 14 - ( for 5 days ) - on KINDLE, I will be giving away FREE copies of my short story, The Clock Winder The Clock Winder: a short story
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Miller has a breezy writing style that tags you along for the journey. The travels in this recount span two separate trips: a short hop from Dieppe to Newhaven taken in 1934, and a longer stay in 1935 back to his home, the USA. His manner of writing ...more
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“We are all glamorous, some more so than others.”
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“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
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“Infinity is as far as your imagination stretches, and then some.' Iain Cameron Williams, 2018”
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