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Kevin Chilvers

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Born

in London, The United Kingdom

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https://www.kevinchilvers.com

Genre

Thriller, Mystery, Action & Adventure

Influences

Hammond Innes, Alistair Maclean, Colin Forbes, Clive Cussler, Alex Hig ...more

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October 2014

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AWARD WINNING AUTHOR

Reader's Favorite Silver Medal Winner 2023 and
"just shy" of a top 10 place in the Clive Cussler Adventure Writer's Competition 2022 with INCA POISON

Kevin writes fast-paced Mystery crime thrillers with a good dose of action and adventure. His novels often include an international element.

He began writing in 1997 following a local evening class course with Author Maggie Sollley in Broadstairs and after having a short story placed in the top 10 of the Writer's Magazine, decided to learn the writing craft properly.

His career's in the Royal Navy (Including the Falklands on a destroyer) and in Polaris Submarines, as science teacher (his most dangerous venture), and as a Paramedic in the UK adds realism to his novels.
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Average rating: 4.18 · 57 ratings · 11 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Inca Poison: A Tom Hunter Mystery Thriller 4.17 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 9 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
	Hunter's Law 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2023 — 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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“The best thing about being old is you don't have to worry about dieing young.”
― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

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“Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"
Absently he replied, "I was, once."
"And you gave it up? Ah, that is as sad a tale in three words as any you might have told me. But a life without a tale is like a sea without salt. How do you live?"
... Unconsciously, he clenched his fist over his ring. "I live."
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