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Geoffrey Wells

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Born

in Welkom, South Africa

January 09, 1953

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http://www.geoffreywellsfiction.com

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Thriller, Suspense, Romance

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John Le Carre, John Irving, Johnathan Franzen

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Impressions formed on a South African farm, boarding school, a father who read from the classics to his children, and a storytelling mother, sparked Geoffrey Wells with a writer’s imagination. Diverse interests of piano, playing drums, running track, observing elephants in Botswana and exploring Mozambique, gave Wells a framework for his first thriller, A FADO FOR THE RIVER. He found adventure climbing the Drakensburg Mountains and in the cold desert nights while serving as a reluctant commando in the South African army.

His career as Art Director in advertising lured him to commercials, and after immigrating to the U.S. in 1980, he studied at the American Film Institute, specializing in producing. He paid the rent working the graveyard roo ...more

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	A Fado for the River 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Atone for the Ivory Cloud 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2016 — 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 Fado for the River: Book One of The Trilogy for Freedom (Volume 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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Hello again. If you’re in the New York/Long Island area over the summer, here are the locations where I’ll be reading from ATONE FOR THE IVORY CLOUD: Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport on Sunday, May 28 at 2 p.m. Rogers Memorial Library on August 9th at noon. I’ll be talking on “How the Ivory Supply […]

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Preserving Peaches (Jane Delaney Mysteries Book 5)

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BookBub Ads Expert: A Marketing Guide to Author Discovery

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Very useful Thanks for taking the mystery out of ads on amazon. I look forward to trying these techniques as soon as possible.
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A thoroughly satisfying read One wonders half way through this novel how the author is going to keep the reader’s interest. But she does and then some. I found it slow but the craft upheld the story so well that I kept reading.
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“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Gandhi

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