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T.D. McKinnon

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Born in Scotland in 1950 and raised in the coalmining communities of Scotland and England, T.D. McKinnon joined the British Parachute Regiment when he was just fifteen years old. After spending five years in the British army he worked at a number of occupations including bus driver, furnace-man, builder's labourer, roofer, bouncer, storeman, car salesman, life guard, aquatics manager, private investigator and for many years he was in high risk security: event and venue security, close personal protection, cash and gem escort and armed, rapid response for a national bank group. His close personal protection company had a number of high profile clients including a member of the Spanish royal family and, during his visit to Australia, an a Uni ...more

Queensland author claims Launceston prize

Hello everyone,

I know I'm a bit late with this post, but I've been a trifle bit busy these past few weeks.

I had such an interesting and fulfilling experience judging this short story competition I thought I'd share with you the article about it that appeared in The Examiner.

My thanks to all the ladies of the Society of Women Writers Tasmania for giving me the opportunity to be the finals judge, an Read more of this blog post »
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