5,712 words (≈ 23 minutes)
My night with Margaret Atwood: Hapless university graduate student in 1975 ruins famous Canadian author's poetry reading.
Language: English
Written in: 2012
Published: 2012-12-08
Word count: 5,712 words (≈ 23 minutes)
Tags: margaret atwood, university of new brunswick, alan annand, poetry, 1975
ALAN ANNAND is a writer of crime fiction, offering an intriguing blend of mystery, suspense, thriller and occult genres. When he’s not dreaming up ingenious ways to kill people, he finds therapy in writing humor, short stories and faux book reviews.
Before becoming a full-time novelist, he worked as a technical writer for the railway industry, a human resources manager and an underground surveyor.
Currently, he divides his time between writing in the AM, astrology in the PM, and meditation on the OM. For those who care, he’s an Aries with a dash of Scorpio.
ALAN ANNAND:
- Writer of mystery suspense novels.
- Astrologer & palmist, trained in Western & Vedic astrology.
- Amateur musician, agent provocateur and infomaniac.
Websites:
- Writing: www.sextile.com
- Astrology: www.navamsa.com
Books available at Amazon & Smashwords:
- Al-Quebeca (mystery thriller)
- Harm’s Way (hard-boiled mystery thriller)
- Hide in Plain Sight (psychological mystery suspense)
- Scorpio Rising (New Age noir mystery thriller)
Previously published five novels under pseudonyms with New York publishers:
- Harm's Way (St.Martin's Press), by Aleister Foxx
- Antenna Syndrome (Tower Publications), by Alan Marks
- Skyraiders (Tower Publications), by Alan Marks
- Bearknife Gold (Tower Publications), by Alan Marks
- Commando Attack (Tower Publications), by Alan Marks
Education:
- BA, English Lit
- BSc, Math & Physics
- Diploma, British Faculty of Astrological Studies
- Diploma, American College of Vedic Astrology
Citizen of the world:
- Lived in Montreal 26 yrs, Toronto 7 yrs
- Lived in England one year
- Traveled USA, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe, Morocco, Lebanon, India, Thailand
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