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Hometown:
Sydney, Australia
About Me:
Born in 1960 in Geelong Australia, and married with zero children; prolific writer of fantasy, crime and comedy. I have a wide range of themes and styles.
Books And Authors I Like:
Graham Greene; Herman Hesse; Gunter Grass; Franz Kafka; Dostoevsky; George Orwell; Aldous Huxley; William Shakespeare/ Christopher Marlow; Edgar Allan Poe; Henrik Ibsen; Peter Carey; Albert Camus; Joyce Cary; George Macdonald Fraser; Agatha Christie; among many others...
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; The Machinist; Anything by Ingmar Bergman; likewise: Stanley Kubrick; Woody Allen's early stuff; Donny Darko; Breathless (1959); Italian comedies; French classics such as: Orphée by Jean Cocteau.
Law and Order: Criminal Intent; any crime show that is done well.

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At 5:06am on June 25, 2009, New Pulp Press said…
Hey Andrew,
Feel free to check us out at www.newpulppress.com and if you think your book might fit our style, email the first three chapters of your novel as a word attachment.

Jon Bassoff
New Pulp Press
At 4:59am on December 11, 2007, Olav Guldbrandsen said…
Sounds very healthy to me, writing because you enjoy it. I'm sure others will to. And please, send me a copy. I'll be happy to read it.
At 12:12am on December 10, 2007, John Foxjohn said…
Hello Andrew,

thanks for the comment. LOL, my experiences sure help me write ctime fiction. I hope one day my name will be mentioned on your page with the authors you like... :)

How are things in Australia?
At 9:49pm on December 9, 2007, Olav Guldbrandsen said…
Nice to hear that the snakes probably won't be out to get me if I dare enter the land of Oz. Didn't really think so, but it's nice to get reassurance.
- It must be fun to be able to cross genres the way you do. Crime, fantasy and humour. Nice to spread the talent!
Good luck with your writing, and please tell me if your agent or your publisher considers the scandinavian market. It's not big, but we do read a lot.
At 5:26am on December 6, 2007, Olav Guldbrandsen said…
Glad you accepted. And thanks for complimenting the land I read my books in. A little bit Euro Zealand we are. Haven't been to Australia yet, but would like to. I also know I'll try and mind the snakes if I get there.
- Like your profile, by the way. Not all crime for me neither, although I love the playfulness towards an old and proven genre that in my opinion has always been there in crime fiction. There's been some strange annd fascinating crimemutations over the years. The really big best sellers tend to bore me some, but I also love that people on a massive scale are still getting pure entertainment from books. And, of course, publishing translated works of them is what I do for a living. - What about your own books? The crime novels first of all. havn't read a lot aussie litterature. Old not-so-crimey Kenneth Cook, and of course Peter Temple. Enjoyed The Broken Shore immensely. Does your books compare at all to anyone of those?
At 12:23am on June 23, 2007, Joan Conwell said…
Haven't made it to Australia yet, but I plan to one day. Thank you for the invite!
At 7:50am on April 29, 2007, Morgan Mandel said…
Hi A.G.,
I love your photos. I put them on the slideshow feature to see them even larger.
If you feel like joining another ning group, hop on over to Book Place, which is devoted to sharing and promoting all genres of books and open to readers, authors, any book industry people.
Hope to see you over there,
Morgan Mandel
At 3:29pm on April 28, 2007, Breanda Cross said…
Thank you for your kind words. You obviously visited Damien's crimedownunder. Yes, a few people have responded to S of S in the same way on the - it could happen to anyone theme. I'm still hoping to turn it into a short film oneofthesedays! Hope you get rain down there in Victoria - like us you're down to 20%. Now that IS scary.
At 5:50pm on April 27, 2007, Breanda Cross said…
You seem to like movies I enjoy and just wondered if you caught up with Ben Mendelssohn's low-cost movie Hunt Angels, which features original footage of the acclaimed Australian - Pyjama Girl Mystery. It has original footage of all the oldtime Sydney detectives. Well worth checking out in your video store for one of those (too few) cold wet evenings.
At 11:59am on April 25, 2007, Newt Love said…
G'Day Mate,
Thanks for the nice chatter. I think being a good bloke is a good plan... it attracts fewer fist fights.
BTW, my name newt (short for Newton)... does "newt" still mean "retard" in Aussie slang? It did back in the 1970s. Just wondering if I would still get smiles.
Blessings on your path!
 
 
 

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