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Sharlene Almond

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Born

in taupo, New Zealand

Website

https://sharlenefreelancewriter.wordpress.com

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Genre

History, Thriller

Member Since

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I live in Auckland, New Zealand with my two dogs. Although I have had
training in Beauty and Spa therapy, editing, journalism, animal behavior and
photograpy, criminology and counseling, my main interest lies in writing
novels which allows me to explore and learn about other eras and countries,
creating characters that have deep rooted flaws, but uses those to achieve the
end goal. My inspiration for novels came by accident, when finishing writing
my first novel and starting to edit it, I stumbled across a conspiracy theory, in
which some believed the Freemasons were involved in the Jack the Ripper
murders. From there, the historical aspect took shape, continuing throughout
all the novels I write. I hope that each novel I write doesn’t necessarily c ...more

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Once a month I will be sending out a newsletter containing information about writing, body language, lifestyle and nutrition. A trained Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Beauty Therapist, along with qualifications in Body Language, Journalism, Animal Behaviour and Criminology. Currently studying Naturopathic Nutrition, I will be regularly including info about nutrition and informatio Read more of this blog post »

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