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Hilton Hamann

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in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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http://www.hiltonhamann.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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My mother who was a school teacher who had me writing and telling stor ...more

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April 2012

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I am a former journalist and photographer. In the mid 1980s and early 1990s I was the Pretoria Bureau Chief and Military Correspondent of the Sunday Times in South Africa. I then became a freelancer and supplied material to a wide variety of international magazines, newspapers and news agencies. My work was published in over 55 countries.
My focus, at the time, was on the military campaigns taking place in Southern Africa as well as the political turmoil taking place in South Africa at the time.
My books -- both fiction and non-fiction -- have naturally been influenced by those events.

My novel, "Hobson's Choice", although a work of fiction, is based on actual events and takes readers into the depths of human darkness.

I have also recently p ...more

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Writing lesson #28 by Ray Bradbury

writing tips, “The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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Hilton Hamann’s books

Average rating: 4.08 · 98 ratings · 11 reviews · 25 distinct works

	Days Of The Generals: The Untold Story of South Africa’s Apartheid-era Military Generals 3.63 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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
	How to write and publish erotica on Amazon and earn an on-going monthly income 4.53 avg rating — 34 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
	I can hear them singing now: A story of betrayal and family loyalty 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Two Searing Novels about Apartheid South Africa: Betrayal, loyalty, lust and forbidden love in a struggle for freedom 4.25 avg rating — 4 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
	Changing His Wife 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Notes from the Heartland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Black Heart: 8 fiendish short stories but beware the twist in the tail! really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	POCUB Air it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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 Gun and You: The Safe Use of Firearms in South Africa did not like it 1.00 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
	How to very quickly improve your photographs 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 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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Hilton Hamann said: " Listed by many as the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's epic saga about the lives of four noble families in Russia during the Napoleonic era, took me two years of stop/start reading to complete.
This is not a modern-day-type thriller that keeps ...more "

Dec 02, 2013 02:51AM · see review