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John Raybould

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born

in Chesterfield, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://epicfantasy.co.uk/

twitter username

JsRaybould

genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Humor, Young Adult

influences

Anne McCaffrey, J.R.R. Tolkien

member since

May 2012

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My Twitter Bio says "Author, animator, filmmaker, cat-slave with ironing phobia", which is a fair description of me. However here is the formal one, for the folk that like to read this sort of thing.
I have been writing seriously since 2006 and had a number of successes, most notably the publication of the fantasy story "Quest" published by Leucrota press. I have worked on film and stage projects and enjoyed being part of the script writing team working for Maypole Promotions on the documentary film "Spinning Down the Derwent."
More recently, I wrote and directed a short documentary film about older people and human rights, for AgeUK and the British Institute of Human Rights, had a comedy play staged and co-authored a fantasy book called. TAR ...more

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John Raybould's Blog

Never enough time

It's been a few months since I updated the blog. There never seems to be enough time in the day to do all the things I have on my list, so the blog gets pushed to the bottom. My animation work has been taking up quite a bit of time recently, a cartoon for deaf children to remind them to wear their hearing aids and a rock music animation for World Aids Day. Helen and I have been progressing well... read more »

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Taranor (Prophecy, #1)
by Helen Ellwood, John Raybould (Goodreads Author)
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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“O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.”
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