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Ian Thornton

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in Goole, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

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http://www.johanthoms.com

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Historical Fiction

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Ian Thornton read Business Studies and German at Sheffield University between 1986 and 1989, where he earned a First Class B.A. (Hons).

He has lived in a number of places including California, Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, London, and his native and beloved Yorkshire before moving to Toronto in 2009.

In the 90s, Ian worked for Broadcast, TV World and Variety magazines. He is a co-founder of the global television industry publisher, C21 Media and www.c21media.net

He covered the Royal wedding in London for CTV, Canada's premier independent broadcaster, and has recently written for Wisden Cricketer, The Guardian, The Hindu and for the Soho House magazine, House. He also wrote on the football World Cup in South Africa for the Canadian sports cha ...more

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The Great & Calamitous Tale of Johan Thoms: How One Man Scorched the Twentieth Century But Didn't Mean To

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