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Alan Shaw

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Born

Birmingham, The United Kingdom

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Genre

Paranormal, Crime, History

Member Since

October 2012

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Following careers in the Civil Service, Military, and Information Technology I began writing in 2008.

I believe that history is contemporary and that events from the past sometimes shape those in the present. This suited the mainly paranormal genre I chose for my Mike Ambrose series of novels comprising Project Overkill, The Shrewsbury Murders, and disAPPear. Each is set partly in the Shropshire, England town of Shrewsbury where I live.

My main writing motivation is to intrigue, thrill, and entertain.

I chose self publishing because although several publishers showed an interest in the first book, they were reluctant to take a risk on an unknown author in the period following the 2008 financial crash. I found that quite reasonable, and have ...more

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	Project Overkill (Mike Ambrose #1) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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