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Lesley Dimmock

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in Wealdstone, The United Kingdom

Website

http://elldeewrites.wordpress.com

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Gay and Lesbian, Fiction, Contemporary

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Lesley has been writing poetry, short stories and travel stories for the past forty years and published her first novel, Out of Time, in 2012. She has since written and published The Ganden Gambit, while her third novel, Deadline To Love was published by Bella Books in 2025

Lesley's books can be purchased via her online store (if you live in Australia) at https://elldeebooks.square.site. They are also available on Amazon

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	Out of Time 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)

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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
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