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Rob Johnson

Goodreads Author

Born

Tonbridge, Kent, The United Kingdom

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http://rob-johnson.org.uk/

Twitter

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Genre

Thriller, Humor and Comedy, Science Fiction

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October 2008

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‘You’ll have to write an author biography of course.’
‘Oh? Why?’
‘Because people will want to know something about you before they lash out on buying one of your books.’
‘You think so, do you?’
‘Just do it, okay?’
‘So what do I tell them?’
‘For a start, you should mention that you’ve written four plays that were professionally produced and toured throughout the UK.’
‘Should I say anything about all the temp jobs I had, like working in the towels and linens stockroom at a big department store or as a fitter’s mate in a perfume factory?’
‘No, definitely not.’
‘Motorcycle dispatch rider?’
‘You were sacked, weren’t you?’
‘Boss said he could get a truck there quicker.’
‘Leave it out then, but make sure they know that you've published eight books so far. And ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 4,378 ratings · 231 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lifting the Lid (Lifting the Lid, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 2013 — 8 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
	Heads You Lose (Lifting the Lid, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	Cremains (Cremains #1) 3.95 avg rating — 620 ratings — 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
	Dishing the Dirt (Lifting the Lid #3) 4.21 avg rating — 492 ratings — 3 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
	The Undertaking (Cremains #2) 4.23 avg rating — 474 ratings — 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
	A Kilo of String 3.88 avg rating — 504 ratings — 4 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
	Quest for the Holey Snail 3.78 avg rating — 294 ratings — 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
	Grave Expectations (Cremains #3) 4.13 avg rating — 104 ratings — 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
	Lifting the Lid Comedy Thriller Series (Books 1-3) 4.32 avg rating — 34 ratings	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
	Lifting the Lid: A Comedy Thriller (The Lifting the Lid Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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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Series by Rob Johnson

Lifting the Lid (3 books)
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Rob Johnson (Goodreads Author)

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Cremains (3 books)
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Rob Johnson (Goodreads Author)

4.08 avg rating — 1,197 ratings

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Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)

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Rob Johnson made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add this book to my author page DONE topic " Shim wrote: "This request is complete. Please edit the title / subject of your post and add [done] so other Librarians know it is complete." OK. Thanks, ...more "
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Rob Johnson liked Barbara Scott-Emmett's review of Cremains (Cremains #1): "A greatly entertaining romp featuring incompetent bank robbers, dangerous but useless drug dealers, and feisty females. Our heroes are doing their best to be bad guys but failing miserably. After a slow start, I warmed very much to the central charac" Read more of this review »
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“There are some things people see in toilets that they wish they hadn’t. What Trevor Hawkins sees might even cost him his life.”
― Rob Johnson, Lifting the Lid

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“Love the dog dearly as he did, Trevor was well aware that she was what might be called “a free spirit” or, more accurately, a dog that was utterly unresponsive to any form of training, however hard he’d tried.”
― Rob Johnson, Dishing the Dirt

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“mostly to the Richter Scale grumblings from his empty stomach.”
― Rob Johnson, Lifting the Lid

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“My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

tags: creative-process, focus, writing

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“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

tags: inspirational

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“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

tags: writing

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“There are some things people see in toilets that they wish they hadn’t. What Trevor Hawkins sees might even cost him his life.”
― Rob Johnson, Lifting the Lid

tags: comedy-thriller

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“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.”
― Ernest Hemingway