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<h3>About the author</h3>
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<p>Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the
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River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton,
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which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben
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Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.</p>
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<p>At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a
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job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring
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town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type.
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Quickly.</p>
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<p>A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his
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local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to
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the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he
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became an investigative journalist.</p>
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<p>During his career he won several awards for newspaper work
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including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer
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Journalist.</p>
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<p>It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first
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novel, <em>Bane</em>, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight
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other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and
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loosely based on Celtic Mythology.</p>
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<p>This was followed by <em>Stone</em>, <em>The Shee</em>,
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<em>Shrike</em>, <em>Still Life</em>, <em>Havock Junction</em>,
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<em>Incubus</em> and <em>Dark Valley</em>.</p>
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<p>Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his
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books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some
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adventure in their soul."</p>
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<p>The <em>Jack Flint Trilogy</em> is his first venture at telling
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stories for the young at heart.</p>
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<p>Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and
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another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic
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mythology.</p>
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