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Angela Cowan

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Born

in The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.angelacowan.com

Twitter

WeedgieTheDug

Genre

Mystery, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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Douglas Adams, Janet Evanovich, Alan Bleasdale, Agatha Christie, Bill ...more

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Angela began drawing and telling stories as soon as she could hold a crayon. When she graduated to a ball-point pen, she churned out cartoon strips about herself and her best friend from primary school. The cartoons were pretty mad, as anyone who knows her would expect, and they in turn gave way to illustrated stories written in old ledgers and booklets consisting of however many sheets of paper Angela could staple together without losing a finger.

At some point in her adult life Angela became a community artist and has helped hundreds of children, young adults and adults to create paintings, sculptures, murals, and a seven foot tall Elvis, among other things. But the writing crept in now and again - funny articles for the local paper, a wi ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 86 ratings · 13 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Of Mince And Men (A Marty & Weedgie novel #2) 4.38 avg rating — 26 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
	To Kill A Mocking Dog (A Marty & Weedgie Mystery #1) 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 8 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 Next One 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Up A Close Darkly (A Marty & Weedgie Novel Book 4) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	The Minging Detective (A Marty & Weedgie Novel #3) 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Shut The Flock Up And Make It Happen by Angela Cowan (Goodreads Author), Debbie Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Rock On, Weedgie (A Marty & Weedgie Novel Book 7) 4.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Ton-Up Tumshies (A Marty & Weedgie novel #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	A Neep Of Trouble (A Marty & Weedgie Novel Book 6) 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	One Bad Syrup 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	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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Distracted and demented.

Well, not quite demented yet, I hope - no comments, please - but certainly distracted by a new addition to the family. Elvis. He's a Labradoodle, 18 weeks old as I type, and absolutely fabulous. But he is time-consuming; the eighth Marty and Weedgie novel is progressing very slowly as a result, and my brain has ceased to function after nine o' clock at night.

He has come through the biting/chewing Read more of this blog post »

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Published on December 18, 2016 08:09 • Tags: dog, mystery, serial-killer

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