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Sam North
Sam North is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth running the MA in Creative Writing Programme.
Sam has had published seven novels, had many radio dramas broadcast and also has written for Elle Decor - New York, and he is the Editor of the on-line international writers magazine http://www.hackwriters.com
You can also find a collection of short stories and images at his own website at http://www.samnorth.com.
Sam has just signed a two book deal with Hodders Childrens Books in the UK - the first volume of which will come out in Jan 2011.
Available now a new children's psychic thriller 'Mean Tide'. A child's discovery of a spiritual world, ghosts and a whole new life by the misty River Thames.
'Mean Tide gripped me completely: quirky characters, humour, wonderfully drawn setting, so satisfyingly laced with mystery and darkness and the surreal. An engaging, unusual and completely engrossing read'. - Beverley Birch, author of RIFT
Reviews of previous novels by Sam North:
'Another Place to Die will keep readers in suspense, laced with gritty-gallows humor'
Charlie Dickinson
'Beautiful, plausible, and sickeningly addictive, Another Place to Die will terrify you, thrill you, and make you petrified of anyone who comes near you...'.
Roxy Williams - Amazon.co.uk
Now available Borderlines Volume 2 - A Literary Spark - An Anthology of new writing from the Creative Writing Department at the University of Portsmouth.
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The Curse of the Nibelung – A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
December 1939. Germany and Great Britain are in the fog of the phoney war. The First Sea Lord Winston Churchill knows that England is not nearly ready for the fight. Four British spies have perished in strange circumstances in Nuremberg trying to discover the biggest secret of the Third Reich. Churchill turns to the only man he knows who can solve the mystery. But Lord Sherlock Holmes is now 83, Dr Watson even older. Are they still up to it? They must cross the Channel, pretend to be German sympathisers. If caught, England will disown them. Holmes accepts the challenge; indeed he has been awaiting the call. They will solve the mystery, or die in the attempt. Two ancient men of England and one beautiful nurse enter enemy territory. Their loyalty will be tested, more than once, and there is no one they can trust. The secret of Nuremberg is far more sinister than even Holmes could imagine; their chances of getting back alive, very slim indeed.
Print: $17.53
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Another Place to Die
Another Place to Die is a vivid account of individuals caught up in a worldwide flu pandemic. All the more relevant now that Swine Flu is sweeping the world. Set in Vancouver, Canada, this is a terrifying and realistic scenario of people facing the horror of a killer virus that could kill millions. Everything your Government said would protect you is a lie. Escape to a safe place or tough it out. As martial law is declared and soldiers have orders to shoot anyone breaking curfew, normal life begins to break down. Mass burial pits are being dug. Everyone is afraid of each other. The Pandemic is coming. Where will you go? Where exactly is safe?
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'It will keep readers in suspense, laced with gritty-gallows humor'
Charlie Dickinson
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'Beautiful, plausible, and sickeningly addictive, Another Place to Die will terrify you, thrill you, and make you petrified of anyone who comes near you...'.
Roxy Williams - Amazon.co.uk
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Mean Tide
Kids can survive anything, they say. Oliver, aged twelve, has a missing father in Africa, his mother has had a breakdown, and he is recovering from chemo. He is sent to live with his only relative.
On a foggy day, one bald boy, with his cat, Flop, arrives at his Grandma's house at the water's edge in Greenwich. Oliver discovers to his horror that his Grandma, a famous psychic, hates cats. Her housekeeper, Lena loathes kids, and silent Justine seems to hate everyone. Add crazy Harriet, who has seen every fortune teller in London; Aura, a mysterious, aspiring beautiful actress and Bullet, the homeless kid with a very mean streak, trouble can't be far behind. When Oliver and Justine find a beautiful dog with it's throat cut washed up on the riverbank, Oliver feels a strange connection to this dead animal and so begins his own induction into a psychic world.
'An engaging, unusual and completely engrossing read' - Beverly Birch - author of 'Rift'
Print: $15.87
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Diamonds - The Rush of '72
When two Kentucky prospectors, John Slack and Philip Arnold arrived penniless and near starving in San Francisco to deposit raw 'American' diamonds in the Bank of California, it caused quite a stir. Rumors flew across the city. This was going to be bigger than Kimberley and everyone wanted a piece of the action. But Slack and Arnold would be hard men to woo. This is a true story. What begins as a trickle in the Colorado mountains would grow into the great rush of 1872 and ruin the lives of almost everyone it touched.
'Just when you think you know what's going to happen next, there's another surprise. This book is a marvel'. Johnny Dixon Frem
Print: $19.50
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Borderlines Anthology Vol 2
Borderlines Vol 2 - A Literary Spark. An Anthology of lively new fiction, travel writing and poetry from the Creative Writing Programmes and invited writers at the University of Portsmouth, UK, under the editorship of Freya Scott, Ryan Sirmons, Aby Davis and Sam North
'An exciting collection of new writing from emerging new writers - some real gems here' Stuart Olesker
Print: $13.80
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