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Writing became an unexpected hobby in 1998 when I began writing historical novels while recovering from a surgery ... 14 years later, I have 10 published novels, 3 Canadian Bestsellers and 2 IPPY Gold Medals. All of my books are available as eBooks from Kindle and Smashwords (all formats except Kindle).
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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 for a construction company in both the Australian desert and Perth before moving to Canada to work in the frozen north of Baffin Island and Winnipeg for a couple of years. From there I moved to Victoria, BC where I met my Canadian wife, Joyce Sandilands. As a child, I had an inborn love of history, and, in 1994 while recovering from surgery, discovered my talent for putting words together and wrote my first novel, Lizzie: Lethal Innocence. It became my first of 3 bestselling novels.
Joyce edits and publishes my books and is also the author of two chapter books with accompanying audio, in the "Moonbeam Series." She is also coauthor of our 2nd Gold Medal winning novel, Whispers Across Time, as well as Race For A Treasure and Yesterdays.
By popular demand, Joyce and I also produced a CD of my mainly humorous personal life stories (in lieu of me writing a lengthy autobiography) entitled Laughing Through Life www.jrobertwhittle.com/books-audio/laughingcd
Read more about us and our books on our website: www.jrobertwhittle.com and on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/7naqp24
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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 for Robert's 3rd novel in Victoria Chronicles Trilogy, "Loyalty's Haven." Again in 2008, Robert and Joyce repeated this feat by earning Gold in the same category for "Whispers Across Time."
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 wrote 9 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, several of my novels have been required reading in schools, colleges, and university history classes (US/Canada/UK) and/or English Literature classes.
I sell my books mainly at craft shows and outdoor markets in and around Victoria, BC Canada.
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Contact Information
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Whitlands Publishing
4444 Tremblay Drive
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 available on my website. No wonder I write such page-turning books - that's been the story of my life since a youngster!
Of Books, Marketing and Self-Promotion
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 bookstores carry my books?
These stores are all in British Columbia, Canada. Note: Ordering books on author's website www.jrobertwhittle.com enables Joyce and I as the authors to earn 100% of the profits from sales. We appreciate your support which enables us to continue on this exciting adventure.
Book Signings and Events where you can meet the author
Here you'll find our schedule for year-round book signings, readings, outdoor markets and craft shows.
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