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Chris Edmonds

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Born

Bradninch - a tiny village in Devon, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.chrisedmondspageturnerbooks.com/

Genre

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Influences

Stephen R. Donaldson, Mervyn Peake, Christopher J. Nolan, Marion Zimme ...more

Member Since

August 2013

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After graduating with a degree from Exeter University in England I began a career in education by teaching biology in a school in Salisbury, Wiltshire. From there I went to Queen’s College in the Bahamas for three years to play rugby and teach, in that order, and then on to Mexico City to teach at the British Embassy School. Two years after that I found myself at the Banda School in Nairobi in Kenya and that’s where, after several years of teaching human biology, I tripped over the film business by working for six months on ‘Sheena, Queen of the Jungle’. I’ve been an Assistant Director in film and TV ever since. During that time I’ve worked on some great scripts like ‘Memento’ and ‘American Beauty’ and some not so great ones like – well, yo ...more

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	My Life in Black and White 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Hunting Cat Face it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Paynes of Heritage it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Dancing Seers: Book Two in the Story of the City of Heritage. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Strategic Cost Analysis and Decision Making (MBA 608) by Chris Edmonds (Goodreads Author), COLLAT School of Business University of Alabama at Birmingham (Contributor) 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
	If This House Could Talk: Newburyport 2022 by Chris Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Barb Bailey, Jack Santos 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	If This House Could Talk - Newburyport 2022 by Chris Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Barb Bailey, Jack Santos 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	Little and Often: Anecdotes of a Life in Steam 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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	If This House Could Talk: Newburyport 2024 by Chris Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Barb Bailey, Bob Watts 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Who, me?

A friend of my wife read my first book and made this comment: "with your interests and background," she said to me referring to my passion for driving racecars and playing rugby, "I was surprised to find you write from the female perspective with such sensitivity. You must be firmly in touch with your feminine side after all."
Me? I'd never thought I had much of a feminine side really let alone th Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 22, 2013 09:13 • Tags: deeper-understandings

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Chris’s Quotes

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

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“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
― Stephen King, Different Seasons

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“What we have, what we go through—defines us. Makes us. Changes us, whether for better or worse, it crafts who we are.”
― Ronie Kendig, A Breed Apart Trilogy

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“It is not difficult to see that if everyone were to follow Paul’s personal example of celibacy, his idea of holiness, and his dream of celibate society, the human race would in no time be wiped off the face of the Earth.”
― Danail Hristov

tags: abuse, bible, bible-study, celibacy, history, reform, reforming-religion, reforming-the-church, scholarly-research, truth-seeker

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