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Richard Dodd

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in Birkenhead, The United Kingdom

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Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, R.L Sti ...more

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Born in Birkenhead, but brought up in Chatham - Richard has had plenty of people influence him. Not least Charles Dickens, who himself grew up in Chatham.

While at Junior School, at the age of ten, Richard met the first person who noticed his talent in writing. Miss Devonshire told Richard that he had what it takes to succeed. When his first book was published, he dedicated it to her.

Richard's love of reading was evident at home and he grew up with Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and R.L Stine's books on his shelves.

It took twenty years and the loss of his job for Richard to really take his writing seriously and his first children's book was completed shortly after his thirtieth birthday. ...more

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	Fluffy Hugs by Richard Dodd (Goodreads Author), Christopher Norman (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 6 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
	Minty Visits (Fluffy The Magic Penguin Book 2) by Richard Dodd (Goodreads Author), Christopher Norman (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	Santa's Gift (Fluffy The Magic Penguin Book 3) by Richard Dodd (Goodreads Author), Christopher Norman (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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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	The Secret Passageway by Richard Dodd (Goodreads Author), Zack Corbin, Christopher Norman (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 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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Richard Dodd's Blog: Richard Dodd - All Things Write

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I have been writing my entire life. I was born in Liverpool and grew up listening to The Beatles, two of their songs in particular spoke to me from a young age and continue to do so thirty years later. 'Paperback Writer' was the main one for obvious reasons. The other, 'Across The Universe' has a line "Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup" which has stuck with me for as long as Read more of this blog post »

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Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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The Lyrics

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)

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