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Discovering I could write when I was 61, I was even more surprised when people paid money for my first book and asked for more - making my first 3 novels Canadian Bestsellers. I now have nine published novels and two IPPY Gold Medals. At 76, I'm having so much fun I don't want to stop ... and won't!
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Background
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A native of Yorkshire, England, I'm the eldest son of ten siblings and they loved it when I told them my own brand of bedtime stories. I learned early in life to face challenges head on and was a real scrapper never turning down a fight if the cause was good enough. I've been in business since I was a six-year-old when I discovered I could easily turn knowledge into opportunity, utilizing this experience for my Lizzie Series. Later, as an expert in my field of mining engineering, I travelled internationally soaking up experiences and personalities I utilize in all my novels.
I spent 7 years working in the Australian desert and finally moved to Canada working in the frozen north of Baffin Island. From there I moved to Victoria, BC where I met my Canadian wife/author, Joyce Sandilands. As a young child, I had an inborn love of history and some years later when recovering from a surgery discovered my talent for putting words together by writing my first novel.
Joyce edits and publishes my books and is also the author of a chapter book series, "Moonbeam Series" and is now co-author of our 2nd Gold Medal winning novel, Whispers Across Time.
By popular demand, Joyce and I produced a CD of my personal stories (in lieu of me writing a lengthy autobiography which readers kept asking for). Check out the sample stories at: www.jrobertwhittle.com/laughing.html
Read more about us and our books on our website: www.bestsellingbooks.ca
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Birth Place
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Grange Moor, Yorkshire, England
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Accomplishments
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2007 - Winner of a Gold Medal in the 2007 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPYs) for Best Fiction Regional Category: Canada-West.
This all began back when I was in Grade School and I earned a set of Charles Dickens novels for my essay writing. Later I graduated from mining college at Leeds University becoming the youngest mining engineer in England's history. I played cricket in Northern England (becoming a rather infamous wicket keeper in the '60s for my daring style!)
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Additional Information
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I've written 8 historical novels in 9 years and because I love history they are extremely true to historical fact. They include the 4-book Lizzie Series, and the 3-book Victoria Chronicles. My readers tell me my novels are true family-friendly books. Also for these reasons, my novels are now found in many school, college, and university history classes (US/Canada/UK) and/or English Literature classes.
I sell my books mainly at craft shows and outdoor markets in Victoria, BC area of Canada.
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Contact Information
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Whitlands Publishing
Victoria BC
Victoria, BC V8N 4W5
Canada
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Contact Author: J Robert Whittle
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Favorite Links
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Official website of Bestselling Canadian author, J. Robert Whittle
My life has certainly been anything but boring! Read my bio or discover my autobiographical CD now available on my website. No wonder I write such page-turning books - that's how my life has been!
Whitlands Publishing
Contains more information on all my wife's and my books and links to other sites containing photos, bios, hobbies, announcements of future books, etc.
What new books are planned?
See the website for more details.
Book Signings and Events where you can meet the author
Here you'll find my schedule for year-round book signings, readings, outdoor markets and craft shows.
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