Me looking pensively relaxed, Wellington

I'm a writer. Come August 2013 I'll have published two books...

The Mannequin Makers: a novel

Released: 2 August 2013
Pages: 336
Death count: heaps (when a story spans 100-odd years, people are bound to die - some of them violently)
Sex scenes: two (both dodgy)
Time period: 1859-1974 (but the important years are 1889-92, 1902-03 and 1919)
Settings: Marumaru, the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland, a clipper ship at sea, Melbourne, the Antipodes Islands, Dunedin, the North Otago/South Canterbury hinterland, Collaroy Beach in Sydney.
[More details on the dedicated The Mannequin Makers page.]



A Man Melting: short stories



Released: 2 July 2010
Pages: 320
Stories: 18
Death count: three (two main characters and a hitchhiker)
Sex scenes: one or two (nothing major)
Settings: Edinburgh, Zanzibar, the banks of the Manawatu River, on the way to Motueka, New Plymouth, Boston, Sausalito, Sydney, Stellenbosch, the Scottish Borders, Lambton Quay, the wop-wops, a boys high school, a North Island fly fishing mecca, an office building (or three) and Guayaquil, Ecuador (list not exhaustive).
[More details on the dedicated A Man Melting page.]

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