0 ratings | 0 reviews | avg rating:0.0

Jack Wakefield’s Followers

None yet.

Jack’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (0)
did-not-finish (0)

Jack’s Friends

Jack hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.

Jack Wakefield

Goodreads Author

Born

Brighton, The United Kingdom

Website

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

Genre

Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

Member Since

January 2026

edit data

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.

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 bored.

Home is a creaky cottage on the fringe of London which he s ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Jack Wakefield questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Jack Wakefield’s books

Average rating: 4.4 · 5 ratings · 5 reviews · 1 distinct work

Shards

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions

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

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

rss
Jack’s Recent Updates

Jack Wakefield liked taegen ☾⭒'s review of Cute: "this was wild. and quite frankly, scary AF"
Jan 18, 2026 03:04AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Cute by Bob Palmer. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Cute by Bob Palmer <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jack Wakefield and 7 other people liked Marianne's review of Shards: "Shards is the third novel by British author, Bob Palmer, this one quite a departure from his usual genre, so written as Jack Wakefield. At almost eleven years old, the very last thing Dallin Smith expects to be doing is walking along the highway with" Read more of this review »
Jan 13, 2026 08:33AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Shards by Jack Wakefield. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Shards by Jack Wakefield <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jack Wakefield made a comment on Cal Stee Reads’s review of Shards " Thanks for your review, Cal. It's much appreciated. There may be a follow up one day if I can find the energy. (I usually write humour/satire under my ...more "
Jan 13, 2026 12:52AM · see review
Jack Wakefield liked Cal Stee Reads's review of Shards: "This ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to both Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this book prior to its release. An eleven-year-old boy is forced to fight for survival after a" Read more of this review »
Jan 13, 2026 12:39AM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Shards by Jack Wakefield. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Shards by Jack Wakefield <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Jack Wakefield is accepting questions on their profile page.
Jan 07, 2026 03:56AM · Be the first to ask Jack Wakefield a question