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Derek Smith

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Born

in Devizes Wiltshire, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.dereksmith.comeze.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance

Member Since

May 2014

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Derek Smith was born in a village on the edge of Salisbury Plain in 1945, the middle child of five whose father was a farm labourer. After attending the village school, Derek worked in the building trade from the age of fifteen until the end of his working life. He says he has always been a daydreamer with an active imagination and was told off on more than one occasion at school for this. During his working life Derek met many weird and wonderful characters and heard many stories from them, before being forced to retire after an accident at work in his fifties. Being a fan of western films, he had always wanted to write a cowboy book but was always too busy; he then seized the opportunity and, whilst walking his dogs, Derek started to dayd ...more

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	Point the Finger of Blame 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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
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Derek Smith's Blog: short story A WINTERS TALE

Getting to Know me

Why did I start writing?

I started writing a couple of years ago when following an accident I had to take early retirement. Walking with my dogs I would let my mind wander, and a story would come to me, and I would go home and start to write them down. I always know the end before I write the main story. I‘ve always had a vivid imagination and was always getting told off in school for daydreaming. Read more of this blog post »

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