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Geoffrey Wells

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in Welkom, South Africa
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John Le Carre, John Irving, Johnathan Franzen

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October 2010


Geoffrey Wells is the author of three suspense novels on freedom, also available as The Trilogy for Freedom. His latest novel, Never Less is a middle grade mystery, and is Book One of the Pablo and Mindy Series. He is currently working on the second book in the series, which takes place ten years later and is thus a new adult novel.

Geoffrey was born in the mining town of Welkom, South Africa. He spent a childhood moving from one mine to another with his mother and mining consultant father who had a passion for literature and read from the classics to Geoffrey and his three sisters. Geoffrey’s mother was the only daughter among seven brothers and was a born storyteller.

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Geoffrey Wells By definition, mysteries start with finding a dead body. And that has not happened to me--thank goodness! However, I had a tour of the Medical Examine…moreBy definition, mysteries start with finding a dead body. And that has not happened to me--thank goodness! However, I had a tour of the Medical Examiner's Lab, where I saw a large dissected cadaver on a table. Did I see something that no one else saw? That, my friends, could be a great start of a mystery... (less)
Geoffrey Wells Molly and Paul Christopher in Charles McCarry's Tears of Autumn. I love their uneasy relationship that always craves more--yet their affection for eac…moreMolly and Paul Christopher in Charles McCarry's Tears of Autumn. I love their uneasy relationship that always craves more--yet their affection for each other is obvious.(less)
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“An activist’s life is not easy, Sam. If you’re going to live like your mother, you’ll have to learn how to live with yourself; you have to look past all the cruel things people did to your face, the names they called you at school, the bullies, your challenge with English. Remember, every bad dream is a good adventure—in someone else’s eyes. If you see it that way, all those things will give you power because they make you strong—they make you different. And different is good. Different puts you on your own path with no one else. People listen when you’ve become strong from being different.”
Geoffrey Wells, The Drowning Bay

“All our lives are the same, braided together on the same surface, figuratively speaking. Not to make too fine a point of it and get nutty, but our lives are like a Möbius strip, an endless loop with no back or front, a strip with a twist in it joined end-to-end so that no matter where we are on it, only half is visible. We know instinctively that other lives we cannot see are hidden on the same surface at the same time—not underneath or on the other side.”
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“All our lives are the same, braided together on the same surface, figuratively speaking. Not to make too fine a point of it and get nutty, but our lives are like a Möbius strip, an endless loop with no back or front, a strip with a twist in it joined end-to-end so that no matter where we are on it, only half is visible. We know instinctively that other lives we cannot see are hidden on the same surface at the same time—not underneath or on the other side.”
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“An activist’s life is not easy, Sam. If you’re going to live like your mother, you’ll have to learn how to live with yourself; you have to look past all the cruel things people did to your face, the names they called you at school, the bullies, your challenge with English. Remember, every bad dream is a good adventure—in someone else’s eyes. If you see it that way, all those things will give you power because they make you strong—they make you different. And different is good. Different puts you on your own path with no one else. People listen when you’ve become strong from being different.”
Geoffrey Wells, The Drowning Bay

“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.”
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“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.”
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