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T.L. Evans

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in Vancouver BC, Canada

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Science Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction

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T. L.Evans was born in Vancouver B.C. Canada in 1966 to an American mother and a British father. Now a full time writer, he has a Doctorate in archaeology from the University of Oxford and has worked throughout Europe, the US and bits of Latin America, specializing in concepts of spatial analysis, gender and identity. He lives with his wife and son in the Pacific Northwest.

For the past several years, Tom has reviewed and written about Speculative Fiction, Mysteries and Espionage on his blog The Archaeologists' Guide to the Galaxy (www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com).

His first novel, Strings on a Shadow Puppet is a dark character driven interstitial work that combines the thrills of military science fiction and space opera with the intrigue of ...more

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	Strings on a Shadow Puppet 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005 — 2 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
	Question of the Day: The Andre Polk Memorial Anthology by J.J. Clayborn (Goodreads Author), M.D. Thalmann (Goodreads Author), T.L. Evans (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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
	Digital Archaeology 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 10 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
	Quantitative Identities: A Statistical Summary and Analysis of Iron Age Cemeteries of North-Eastern France 600 - 130 BC" (BAR International Series 1226. Archaeopress. 2004) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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	Lewis Edwards: El Fywyd A'I Waith 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Grumble Goat and the No-Good, Very Annoying Disaster: A Lesson in Patience and Finding the Humor in a Bad Day 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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“I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

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