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James Erith

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Born
in Bury St Edmunds, The United Kingdom
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CS Lewis, Tolkein

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September 2013

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Restless after schooling, James traveled and experienced plenty of adventures. He has been shot at, scaled Pyramids, climbed mountains, been through earthquakes, police detained and even swum with beavers.

James specialized in getting lost quite a bit, like in the Canadian wilderness in bear season, as well as experiencing hypothermia, dysentery, muggings, altitude sickness, thefts, a broken neck, desert breakdowns, etc.

Inadvertently these experiences set James up for a big writing journey. (If only I’d gone into real adventuring like his old school-friend, Bear…)

In the 1990s James worked as a journalist for the financial pages of the Yorkshire Post, scooping the infamous Gerald Ratner; ‘Crap’ story.

James designed and built gardens for se
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James Erith I've just finished the first draft on no. 2 in The Eden Chronicles series. It's off to various beta readers who I'll be hearing back from shortly. Wha…moreI've just finished the first draft on no. 2 in The Eden Chronicles series. It's off to various beta readers who I'll be hearing back from shortly. What they'll do (with any luck) is look at the structure and if there are any glaring mistakes / omissions.
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Giveaway Time!

Spider Web Powder, the start of Archie, Daisy and Isabella's quest to find the tablets that offer clues to find the Garden of Eden comes out in paperback this week.


Buzzing with action, adventure and a hint of magic, this is a must for middle grade / crossover traditional fantasy lovers with a fantastical twist.


The action starts where The Power and The Fury leaves off.
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Published on May 05, 2015 14:15 Tags: free-book, free-copies, free-giveaway, giveaway, middle-grade-crossover
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“Did God create the universe, or did the universe create God?”
James Erith, The Power and The Fury

“He felt for a pulse and his heart nearly stopped. He couldn’t feel one.”
James Erith, The Power and The Fury

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