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Sahlan Diver

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https://www.unusual-mysteries.com/

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Mystery, Thriller

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Educated at Dover Grammar School, Kent, and then at the University Of Birmingham, where I studied microbiology and philosophy. After variously working as a shadow puppet theater manager and prospective jazz saxophonist, I taught myself computer programming, becoming a freelance consultant. My writing career began, aged nine and a half, when I won a national TV children's short story competition. Thereafter my writing became dormant, apart from a couple of Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews, until it was revived in protest against a religious movement I once belonged to. Through the latter experience I gained an understanding of the mechanism by which the arrogance of cults brings out the very worst in human nature. It also provided much useful ...more

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Sahlan Diver A mystery in my own life actually DID become the plot for one of my novels. At college I was friendly with a fellow student called Alison. We kept in …moreA mystery in my own life actually DID become the plot for one of my novels. At college I was friendly with a fellow student called Alison. We kept in touch for a brief while after college but then lost touch with each other. More than ten years later another ex-college friend was visiting and told me Alison had married a solicitor. This seemed an uncharacteristically respectable thing for Alison to do. I had known her as an extremely alternative-minded and unconventional person. Years later, when casting around for an idea for a novel, I remembered my friend's puzzling marriage choice and put it as the starting point for my second mystery novel, "For the Love of Alison", with the added puzzle that the left-wing Alison of my novel has married an extreme right-winger. When her solicitor husband is murdered, the question becomes to what extent Alison is involved or is innocent. (less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Sahlan Diver My first novel was shortlisted for the 2017 Yeovil Literary Prize - an international competition for professional and amateur writers. My second novel…moreMy first novel was shortlisted for the 2017 Yeovil Literary Prize - an international competition for professional and amateur writers. My second novel was a finalist in the 2020 Indies Today award. Despite this, getting attention from literary agents has been difficult, My wife suggested I should "add some sex positions" to get people to sit up and take notice. So I took her literally at her word and wrote "Sixty Positions with Pleasure." 60, because I didn't want to be outdone by 50 Shades of Grey"! However, my genre remains mystery thriller, so the novel is a mix of mystery thriller, erotic and the added ingredient of political satire.(less)

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Sahlan Diver and 193 other people liked Ezmirelda's review of Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1): "THERE ARE SPOILERS FROM THIS BOOK AND QUOTES FROM THE OTHER TWO IN THE SERIES. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. First off read the third half of this review. It's literally the best review out there written on this book so I highly reccommend it. Or this review. " Read more of this review »
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Sahlan Diver answered Goodreads's question: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? A mystery in my own life actually DID become the plot for one of my novels. At college I was friendly with a fellow student called Alison. We kept in touch for a brief while after college but then lost touch with each other. More than ten years later See Full Answer
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