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Alan McCluskey

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Alan McCluskey lives amid the vineyards in a small Swiss village between three lakes and a range of mountains. His latest published novel is entitled Stories People Tell. He has also published Boy & Girl and its sequel In Search of Lost Girls. He published three novels in The Storyteller’s Quest series: The Reaches, The Keeper’s Daughter and The Starless Square.

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	The Reaches (The Storytellers Quest #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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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I am currently serialising the manuscript of my latest novel, Word’s End, for my son Iannis. It was his comments about the lapse of time between a character’s choice and the realisation of its implications and the impact on the credibility of the narrative that led to the following reflections.… Read more

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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)

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“But if you stray too far on the side of distance and strictness, you end up hard and unapproachable. So you need to be open to unexpected things and you need to be accessible to those people who are honest and forthright with you, especially if they take risks trying to do what their heart dictates.”
― Alan McCluskey, Boy & Girl

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“Despair is an ugly thing when it refuses hope.”
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“Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But even as you write, the characters have minds of their own.”
― Alan McCluskey, Boy & Girl

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