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Iain Purdie

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in Gateshead, The United Kingdom

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Thriller, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Currently a school teacher with a background in IT and living in Scotland. Two published stories (within the pages of Matt Hilton's collections ACTION Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 1 and Volume 2), and hopefully more to come!

Iain has two published works at present (within the pages of Matt Hilton's collections ACTION Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 1 and Volume 2), with a third awaiting publication by a Strontium Dog fanzine. Plans are afoot for a series of books featuring John Cord, the star of the two "Action" shorts, just as soon as Iain can find the time around being a father-of-three, school teacher, Duke of Edinburgh Award group leader, PADI Divemaster, Krav Maga practitioner and webmaster/editor in chief/managing director of the Moshville ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 81 ratings · 8 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 1 by Matt Hilton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Leather (Goodreads Author), I.S. Paton 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2012	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
	Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 2 by Matt Hilton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Iain Purdie (Goodreads Author), Ian Graham 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013	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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Been a long time since we rock 'n' rolled...

A quick update, though I tend to post more on my facebook page. And even then it's only about once every couple of months.

Writing time is at a minimum right now - new hours at work (full time), plus managing the website, plus Krav Maga (at which I am now a Kids Instructor) are eating into my hours.

The one outstanding piece of fiction awaiting publication has been delayed once more until Spring 201 Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 03, 2017 13:17 • Tags: 2000ad, dog-breath, strontium-dog

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