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Russell J. Perry

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Born

in Innisfail, Australia

Website

http://russellperry.com.au/

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Genre

Fiction, Thriller, Paranormal

Influences

Wilbur Smith, Bryce Courtenay, Dean Koontz, Stephen King.

Member Since

September 2011

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https://www.goodreads.com/russellperry

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Hello readers, thank you for taking the time to read my bio. Just a little about myself. There's more on my website http://russellperry.com.au/

I was born in the tropics of North Queensland, Australia, in the small coastal town of Innisfail, just south of Cairns. Warm, Sunny, a lot of rain in the monsoon season. But what a great place to grow up. Idyllic; swimming and diving on the reef, fishing, exploring the plethora of creeks and rivers which gurgle through the ancient rain forests of the far north.
I worked in Marketing and Sales for most of my adult life, moving to the State Capital, Brisbane, as a young adult, to further my career, and I continue to live there today.
I still do a bit of marketing, mostly web based these days. However I' ...more

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	The Returning 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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
	Murdering Point (The Returning, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Russell Perry and 1 other person liked Samyann's review of The Returning: "The last book I read with an Australian setting was The Thorn Birds, before it was Hollywoodized. I know, showing my age. The Returning is an entirely different world, however. The story begins with the gripping first chapter defining the death of an" Read more of this review »
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Russell Perry recommended Where's Jack?: An Incident at Cool Springs to Steve Eaton Where's Jack?: An Incident at Cool Springs by Russell Perry (Goodreads Author)	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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Love a good time travel story. This author manages to condense romantic beginnings, historically related adventure and a time travel short read into an hour of reading. It seems the story is open to a sequel. I hope so.
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Russell Perry made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Updating cover topic " Please update the covers for the following books. Already updated on Amazon. The Returning - Russell J Perry - ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0052MECLE Return to Murdering ...more "
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“I did not begin when I was born, nor when I was conceived. I have been growing, developing, through incalculable myriads of millenniums. All my previous selves have their voices, echoes, promptings in me. Oh, incalculable times again shall I be born.”
― Jack London, The Star Rover

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