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Nostalgia Man in Henley-on-Thames: Cosy mystery set in Henley-on-Thame by Paul Bradley

Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.  
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Pieces of Eight by Jay Dubya

Pieces of Eight is an eclectic collection of eight imaginative novellas/short stories. Themes represented in the work are science fiction, paranormal, psychological drama, humor, murder/revenge and astrological fulfillment. Pieces of Eight is the com  
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Award-winning former Al Jazeera, BBC Today programme producer whose novel "The Dream of the Decade" is published by Amazon.


Background Information

Afshin Rattansi has been represented by both A. P. Watt and Curtis Brown Literary Agencies. He was born in Cambridge, England in 1968 and has lived in Princeton, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Caracas, Dubai and Havana as well as London. After the hurricanes of the nineteen-eighties, he worked on environmental and geopolitical risk for Lloyd’s of London. He has written on literature, politics, fashion, business and current affairs for The Guardian, New Statesman and Society, Plays and Players, The Oldie, Gulf News and many other publications. Most of his life has been spent in journalism: producing programmes for Channel 4 and BBC News and BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme in the UK. More recently, he has worked on award-winning investigative programmes for the Arabic language station, Al Jazeera. He also helped launch the world’s first 24-hour, developing nation, English-language satellite television news network, based in the Middle East. He was its editor between 1999 and 2001. In 2002, he won a Sony award for his outstanding contribution to international media and journalism.

Accomplishments

Sony Award for Outstanding Contribution to International Journalism.