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Khaled Talib

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in Singapore, Singapore

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Thriller, Mystery, Suspense

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Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, Jeffrey Archer, Gayle Lynds

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December 2012

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I am a former magazine journalist and public relations practitioner.

Since 2014, I have authored four thrillers, and I'm presently working on my fifth.

I am a member of the International Thriller Writers.

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Average rating: 4.27 · 231 ratings · 116 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Incognito 4.24 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2017 — 12 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
	Smokescreen 4.14 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	Gun Kiss 4.26 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2017 — 7 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 Little Book of Muses 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	I Swear It Happened Just Like This: 17 Short Stories for Your Pocket 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2016 — 5 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
	Stories To Creep you Out Until Dawn 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Spiral 4.57 avg rating — 7 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
	Cortina de Fumaça it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Writing without fear

Back in the 80s when I was 15, I wrote a school essay for the mid-year exam that the Singapore Prime Minister’s wife was having an affair with a gigolo.I got into trouble with my teacher who had been notified by her colleagues who read the essay.I asked my teacher this question, “You can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality? The characters are fictional, and they are nameless. Anybody Read more of this blog post »

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The Eye of a Writer (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Create Believable Characters Using Method Writing (Mystery & Thrillers)

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Description: My personal experiences involving method writing for my novel Smokescreen. Here's the link: http://www.writetosellyourbook.com/fiction-advice/believable-characters-method-writing

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“Kind words dispel clouds of fear like the moonlight's smile on water.”
― Khaled Talib, The Little Book of Muses

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“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.”
― Khaled Talib, The Little Book of Muses

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“Writing is the light of imagination playing over shadow of thoughts.”
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“Writing is the light of imagination playing over shadow of thoughts.”
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“The writer's silent mind is a period of intermission before orchestrating a symphony of words.”
― Khaled Talib, The Little Book of Muses

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“Kind words dispel clouds of fear like the moonlight's smile on water.”
― Khaled Talib, The Little Book of Muses

tags: inspirational, phrases, quotes, sayings

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“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”
― Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

tags: anarchy, freedom, inspirational, lateral-thinking, philosophy, rationalism

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“Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.”
― Peter Ustinov

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