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Iain Cosgrove

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Born

in Montreal, Canada

Genre

Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Member Since

March 2013

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Iain Cosgrove was born in Canada to English parents. He was educated in the UK and went on to study at Brighton Polytechnic, before starting a career in the City of London in IT. He moved to Dublin, Ireland in 1988, following hot on the heels of his future wife, and they subsequently got married and had three sons. He is currently an IT Director and has been writing in his spare time for the last 20 years. He has written two novels, a number of short stories and has a number of projects underway, including a sequel to "The Storm Protocol". Apart from his recent foray into Novel publishing, he has had flash fiction stories published in "A twist of noir", "Every Day Fiction" and "Indigo Rising Magazine".

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Iain Cosgrove's Blog: A Twist in the Darkness

Timeless?

What makes a work timeless?

I just read John Wyndhams "The Day of the Triffids" again for the first time in about 20 years. Now, apart from some of the language that the author uses within the book; words that have fallen out of use over the years, it seems as fresh and relevant as the day it was written.

This prompted some questions for me as a writer. Is it the quality of the writing that makes i Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 21, 2013 01:34 • Tags: timeless-what-quality

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	A Twist In The Darkness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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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