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Jack Wakefield

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Brighton, The United Kingdom

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https://www.bobpalmer-author.com/

Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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Jack Wakefield is a pen name of Bob Palmer.

In a past life, he's been, in chronological order, a construction worker, town planner, rock drummer, graphic designer, adman, entrepreneur, scriptwriter and film producer. He now writes full time.

His favourite theme is the absurdity of life – nothing on the planet is more fascinating than human behaviour. And even after decades creating ads, he still loves a great concept. he usually writes humour/satire novels: Hacking George, Cute.

In his spare time, he's been caught in a desert flash flood, set off the sirens at Area 51, and hikes canyons in the US Southwest searching for ancient ruins and rock art. To share his passion, he created the popular hiking website Red Dirt Blue Skies. He is never bor ...more

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Jack Wakefield liked David's review of Scavengers: "Loved this mad hatter adventure with an uptight woman and her eccentric mother rambling around Southeastern Utah looking for treasure! I lived in Moab eleven years and appreciate the authors love for the desert, mesas, wildlife, and interesting people" Read more of this review »
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Jack Wakefield made a comment on James Wood’s review of Cute " Thanks for leaving a review of my book, James. Coming from a fellow author, it means a lot. "
Mar 07, 2026 05:34AM · see review
Jack Wakefield and 1 other person liked James Wood's review of Cute: "Dystopian? Yes. Funny? Also Yes. From three points of view, you get a story that covers the start of a government PR job that gradually spirals out of control. Where you see the different protagonists gradually come to their own conclusion of where to" Read more of this review »
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Jack Wakefield made a comment on Olga Miret’s review of Shards " Thank you so much for your incisive review, Olga. It's reviews like this that keep me writing. ...more "
Mar 01, 2026 02:33AM · see review
Jack Wakefield and 1 other person liked Olga Miret's review of Shards: "This is the third novel I read by this author (he published the two before under his own name, Bob Palmer), and, although it is very different in style and plot from the previous two (that were satirical comedies with a dark undertone), I have enjoye" Read more of this review »
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Jack Wakefield made a comment on David’s review of Shards " Thank you. What an amazing coincidence you have a personal connection to the people who inspired the setting of Shards. We visited them back in the la ...more "
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Jack Wakefield liked David's review of Shards: "Thanks NetGalley for the advanced copy! I lived in Moab for eleven years. I was immersed in the story that is loosely based on a polygamist colony that lived in caves half way between Moab and Monticello on the edge of Canyonlands National Park. The " Read more of this review »
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