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Gail Aldwin

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Contemporary, Crime, Poetry

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Novelist, poet and scriptwriter, Gail Aldwin has been writing for over a decade. Her first two coming-of-age novels where shortlisted in the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020 and 2022. Gail was awarded a creative writing PhD in 2018 and still laughs whenever she’s called Doctor Gail. She has appeared at Bridport Literary Festival, Stockholm Writers Festival and the Mani Lit Fest in Greece. Gail’s dual timeline mystery will be published by Bloodhound Books in July 2023. When at home, Gail writes by a window overlooking water meadows in Dorset.

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	The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell 3.87 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2023 — 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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	Four Buses: A Collection of Short Stories and Flash Fiction 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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I’m moving away from my identity as a published author. It took such a lot of time and energy to get my writing to a publishable standard that stepping away is proving to be a long process. In 2023, my third novel The Secret Life of Carolyn Russell, was published and simultaneous with the launch, my publisher rejected a novel which I believed was my best writing. The initial wobble didn’t stop me

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