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Elin Barnes

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Elin Barnes grew up in Spain. Her father is a film director and her mother a Swedish author (with a past life as an actress).
After graduating HS, Elin pursued her dream of becoming an airline pilot. When her eyesight impeded her to fly passenger aircrafts, she switched gears and obtained a BA in Philosophy. After a short stint working for a criminal appeals lawyer, Elin returned to Spain to get her MA in International Commerce.
For the last decade she’s worked in technology for companies like, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google, Microsoft, TiVo, and Samsung.
Her passions for law, technology, and thrillers inspired Elin to write a thriller set in Silicon Valley, where innovation is always brewing.

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Elin Barnes I just start writing. It could be anything, but normally just a sentence or two (which I probably won't keep later), is enough to get me going.

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I just start writing. It could be anything, but normally just a sentence or two (which I probably won't keep later), is enough to get me going.

There are times when I'm truly stuck, but it's more about solving a plot issue than because I have writer's block. In these situations, I just bug everybody I know about the problem I'm trying to solve until we come up with a brilliant idea.(less)
Elin Barnes That you can create an entire different world that exists in some way.
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