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Henry G. Sheppard

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Humor and Comedy, Biography, Memoir

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Henry Sheppard was born in Melbourne in 1954, the second of eight children, to a schoolteacher of Irish descent and a Polish refugee, a former slave labourer in Nazi Germany. His father became an alcoholic and abandoned the family when Henry was nine. His mother brought the children up on her own.

After completing high school in rural Victoria, Henry itinerated around Australia, working in a wide range of jobs, before settling in Adelaide, South Australia.

Today he lives with his wife Rainee, and divides his time between writing and trips to hospital.

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	Haematemesis: How One Man Overcame a Fear of Things Medical and Learned to Navigate His Way Around Hospital 4.25 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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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“Spelling and punctuation are completely irrelevant; unless you are hoping to be understood.”
― Henry G. Sheppard

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Henry’s Quotes

“He had started out the way nearly all writers do, and I'd seen it a hundred times--amateurs transformed into gibbering wrecks by actually being published; what once they'd done for fun ruined forever by the burden of expectation, the hope of sales and good reviews and riches, hobbyists turned authors made bitter by the knowledge that they'd missed their main chance.”
― Colin Bateman, Dr. Yes

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“Be humble with everyone you meet and don’t wait for others to follow up with them. You stay in touch and be polite.”
― Gordy Hoffman

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“They asked me how I would be paying and I told them that if past experience was anything to go by probably with my life and the thin girl with the thick spectacles reached deep into her soul for a smile and repeated the question.”
― Colin Bateman

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“I’m on a hunger strike. Three weeks—no hunger.”
― Michael Klimczak

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“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”
― George Bernard Shaw