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Dave Turner

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The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.aimforthehead.co.uk

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Fantasy, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Iain Banks

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Dave Turner is an award winning writer whose work has featured on the websites of BBC News, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Huffington Post and FHM.

In 2011 he won the Best Screenplay Award at London Screenwriters' Festival with his short film script 'Everything You Need'. After selling various screenplays which you will note you have not seen as films at your local multiplex, he created Aim For The Head books to publish his work. He has written two novellas, How To Be Dead and Paper Cuts, which are available from Amazon now. ...more

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Average rating: 4.35 · 8,093 ratings · 550 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	How To Be Dead #1-3 4.38 avg rating — 1,613 ratings — published 2017 — 9 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
	How To Be Dead 4.10 avg rating — 1,693 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	Four Horsemen (The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series Book 4) 4.51 avg rating — 1,129 ratings — 4 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
	Paper Cuts (The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series Book 2) 4.26 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Serious Moonlight (The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series Book 5) 4.51 avg rating — 922 ratings — 3 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
	Near Life Experience (The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper Comedy Horror Series, #6) 4.59 avg rating — 822 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	Old Haunts (The 'How To Be Dead' Grim Reaper #3) 4.27 avg rating — 851 ratings	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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“There's no 'I' in team. But there is 'tea'. So put the kettle on,”
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“All the terror and fear these walls had witnessed had been caused by a hissy fit.”
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“Roses are red, Foxgloves are purple, I appear to have trapped myself, In a linguistic corner".”
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