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Xander Richards

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Born

in Nowhere-on-Sea, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.xanderrichards.com

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Ian Fleming, Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy, Alistair MacLean, James Camero ...more

Member Since

March 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/coast

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Canadian espionage writer Xander Richards was born during the early sixties in an unremarkable town in western Europe to parents whose stories of their wartime military experience enthralled him and stoked the fires of his imagination. Inspired by Fleming’s James Bond series, Cussler’s Dirk Pitt adventures, Clancy’s techno-thrillers, Alistair MacLean’s novels and many other suspense and espionage books, he started writing at an early age.

After a spell in the military Xander was first published—under a different name—in the late eighties. Around this time the idea for ‘COAST: An Act Of Burial’ was conceived whilst on vacation with friends from the army. It was initially started as a film script but due to the pressures of work and family was Canadian espionage writer Xander Richards was born during the early sixties in an unremarkable town in western Europe to parents whose stories of their wartime military experience enthralled him and stoked the fires of his imagination. Inspired by Fleming’s James Bond series, Cussler’s Dirk Pitt adventures, Clancy’s techno-thrillers, Alistair MacLean’s novels and many other suspense and espionage books, he started writing at an early age.

After a spell in the military Xander was first published—under a different name—in the late eighties. Around this time the idea for ‘COAST: An Act Of Burial’ was conceived whilst on vacation with friends from the army. It was initially started as a film script but due to the pressures of work and family was never completed in that format. Nonetheless, the story stayed with Richards over the next two decades during which time he authored many factual articles, reviews and instructional pieces which were published both in magazines and online, and relocated to Canada.

In 2008 Xander decided to complete ‘COAST: An Act Of Burial’ as an espionage novel, inspired by J.K. Rowling’s rags-to-riches success story with the Harry Potter series. Compiling an enormous amount of espionage, technical and geographical research, he wrote at every opportunity. A professional screenwriter edited the work leading to a number of beneficial changes which were incorporated into the story. Still driven to aim for excellence, Richards then had the work edited a second time by another skilled editor. Xander looked into options for publication and after a number of approaches to agencies and publishers decided to become a part of the ‘ebook revolution’ and publish through Bookbaby. The cover was created by well-known Canadian artist Jonathon Earl Bowser, whose picture ‘The Awakening’ was famously stolen by Saddam Hussein as the cover of his 2000 novel ‘Zabibah and the King’.

Despite sharing a cover artist with one of the most notorious dictators of modern times, Xander Richards describes himself as ‘an ordinary fella with regular interests and pastimes’. These include cars, photography, movies and garage sales. Xander lives in Saskatchewan, Canada with his wife Mindy. They have four adult children and four grandchildren.
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Average rating: 4.24 · 33 ratings · 21 reviews · 2 distinct works

	COAST: An Act Of Burial by Xander Richards (Goodreads Author), Jonathon Earl Bowser (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	COAST: A Test Of Faith 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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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Xander’s Quotes

“If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better.”
― Lindsay Buckingham

tags: craft, excellence, improvement, maturity, practice

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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

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“The ideas are louder when there are fewer of them.”
― David C. Day

tags: creativity, ideas, moderation, restraint

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“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
― Stephen King

tags: earning, money, payment, professional, publishing, talent, talents, writing

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“The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.”
― Richard Peck

tags: writing, writing-from-the-heart, writing-life

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message 3: by Xander

Jan 09, 2013 06:55AM

Lucinda wrote: "Thank you so much for your friendship request..."

And thank you, Lucinda, for your interest in my writing. An ebook copy of 'COAST: An Act Of Burial' is making its way through the satellites and routers as we speak. :-)

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message 2: by L

Jan 09, 2013 06:28AM

Dear Xander,
Thank you so much for your friendship request here on GoodReads. That is a shame that i sadly did not win a copy of your book, but i would be delighted to take up your offer of reading & reviewing an e-copy of 'Coast: An Act of Burial'!

I shall send you a message with my email address and preferred format.

Kind Regards
Lucinda x

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message 1: by Xander

Jan 08, 2013 05:03PM

Cheryl wrote: "Your note disappeared after I added you to friends..."

No problem Cheryl. Thank you so much for accepting my friend request and for your willingness to review my novel! I'll be in touch via email. :-)

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