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Hugh Gurney

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Born

London, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.princeofnaples.co.uk

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Genre

Biography, Crime, Nonfiction

Member Since

February 2013

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Hugh is a 45 year old married father of one. When he's not looking after his toddler or writing, he likes to go surfing or skateboarding. Before writing his latest book: biography The Prince of Naples, How one boy brought down the Mafia, he wrote several screenplays; he has two feature–length ones in development right now:

He also worked as writer in residence at Ruined City Films running drama training workshops to rehabilitate young offenders; helping them tell their stories on screen. ...more

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I can now call myself a Bestselling author

Due to my book's free promo on Amazon Kindle (11th May to 14th May), my book, The Prince of Naples, How one boy brought down the Mafia, reached the No1 best sellers spot in the True Crime category on Amazon.

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Hugh Gurney’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 38 ratings · 6 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Prince of Naples (#1) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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message 1: by Carole

Feb 21, 2013 01:44AM

Hello, Hugh.
Thanks for adding me!

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