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Ted Burton was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia but moved to Ontario at an early age. In December 2010, Ted retired from his successful career as an IT Director, and concentrated his efforts on writing. Ted had previously written two novels which form a two-part series called Oh My Blessed Father. Ted currently lives in Kingston,
Ontario with Gillian, his wife of over 50 years. They have one daughter Meghan who lives with her husband Phil in Gatineau, Quebec. Gillian and Ted alternate their spare time between gardening and travel (not so much during COVID-19). The Ferry Incident is Ted’s third novel all available from Schooner Publishing through Amazon. His previous novels include: Oh My Blessed Father Book 1 and Oh My Blessed Father Book 2 “Du ...more

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Average rating: 4.91 · 11 ratings · 1 review · 6 distinct works

	Oh My Blessed Father it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	The Ferry Incident: Or Trying Not to Think About Larry Storch it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 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
	Oh My Blessed Father - Book 2 "Dum Dum": Coming of Age in the 60s (Volume 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Oh My Blessed Father - Book 1: A Coming of Age Novel (Volume 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Howe and Why? it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	The Ferry Incident: or Trying Not to Think About Larry Storch 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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My latest novel Howe ad Why? is now available on Amazon and to order at your favourite bookstore.

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Midnight and Blue (Inspector Rebus, #25)

by Ian Rankin (Goodreads Author)

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The Last Chairlift

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The Backyard Astronomer's Guide

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