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Lloyd Lofthouse
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His first trip to The Middle Kingdom was on the honeymoon with his bride, who introduced him to China and Robert Hart (1835-1911), the main characters in Lloyd's first two novels.
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Little did Lloyd Lofthouse know in 1999, when he married Anchee Min, that he was beginning a decade long journey of discovery. His first trip to The Middle Kingdom was on the honeymoon with his bride, who introduced him to China and Robert Hart (1835-1911), the main characters in Lloyd's first two novels, My Splendid Concubine and Our Hart. Lloyd now lives near San Francisco with his wife—with a second home in Shanghai, China.
Lloyd earned a BA in journalism in 1973 after fighting in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine. While working days as an English teacher, he enjoyed a second job as a maitre d’ in a multimillion-dollar nightclub. His short story, A Night at the ‘Well of Purity’ was named as a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.
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Accomplishments: Lloyd's novels have won honorable mentions in Fiction at:
2008 London Book Festival
2009 London Book Festival
2009 San Francisco Book Festival
2009 Hollywood Book Festival
2009 Nashville Book Festival
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Books
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| Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
"Our Hart", what the Chinese Imperial Court called Robert Hart, arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication to China was born from the love for one woman—a love story Robert hid from the world. I spent a decade exploring China to discover and write this stor...
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Short Stories
26. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 4, Episode 26 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
25. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 4, Episode 25 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
14. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 2, Episode 14 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
13. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 2, Episode 13 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
12. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 2, Episode 12 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
11. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 2, Episode 11 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
10. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 2, Episode 10 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
9. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 9 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
8. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 8 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
7. Running with the enemy - Chapter One, Episode 7 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
6. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 6 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episode of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides....
5. Running with the enemy - Chapter One, Episode 5 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episode of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one expects in a war zone from the troops on both sides....
4. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 4 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one could expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides....
3. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 3 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one could expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides....
2. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 2 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one could expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides....
1. Running with the Enemy - Chapter One, Episode 1 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
24. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 4, Episode 24 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
23. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 4, Episode 23 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
22. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 4, Episode 22 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
21. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 21 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
20. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 20 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
19. Runing with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 19 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
18. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 18 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend that...
17, Running with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 17 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
16. Running with the Enemy - Chapter 3, Episode 16 of 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Warning! Episodes of this novel may contain graphic violence, profanity and some sex. Exactly what one should expect in a war zone from the troops on both sides. I've also been told by one friend tha...
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Poetry
The birth of a child called Prose by Lloyd Lofthouse
narrative poem as an essay...
The Luxury of Heartache by Lloyd Lofthouse
Learning from Death by Lloyd Lofthouse
What have you learned from Death?...
Putting Cupid's Arrows on Ice by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's time for Cupid to retire....
The Never-Ending Book Promotion Blues by Lloyd Lofthouse
In 2010, I launched a Blog as a platform to support my first two novels. iLook China, that Blog, became a full time job leading to this poem and explains my absence from Authors Den....
Walking the Path of Dead Explorers by Lloyd Lofthouse
LIttle No More by Lloyd Lofthouse
Children sprout into trees and blow away with the wind in Autumn....
Revelation by Lloyd Lofthouse
A double loss....
Symphony by Lloyd Lofthouse
Many do not hear His orchestra playing....
Rain by Lloyd Lofthouse
don't drowned...
Happy Faces by Lloyd Lofthouse
Could this be politically incorrect?...
Curtain Calls by Lloyd Lofthouse
The things we learn living a day at a time....
Mountain Memoires by Lloyd Lofthouse
Some things we want to live forever....
The Darkness by Lloyd Lofthouse
about the end of our time-
maybe?...
Delicious Target by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's amazing how stupid a guy can be when he's nineteen sitting in the open feeling sorry for himself. A 1966 memoir moment from Vietnam...
Combat Jazz by Lloyd Lofthouse
We know that the traditional tibal war 'dance' reaches back to the Greeks. The idea was to build courage; create fear....
Sublime Wrath on the Road to Hell by Lloyd Lofthouse
Blowing fuses or one's top fueled by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
Underground by Lloyd Lofthouse
A poetic memoir moment about being in the United States Marines in Okinawa prior to shipping out to Vietnam....
The Art of Shaving by Lloyd Lofthouse
A poetic memoir moment about being in the United States Marines learning to shave for the first time....
The Soulful Veteran Speaks by Lloyd Lofthouse
Soldiers do not come home from war without baggage....
Media Whores by Lloyd Lofthouse
Poltical poetry that may not be what you expect....
Teen Daughter on a School Night by Lloyd Lofthouse
Taking a homework break...
What Did Oxford Do? by Lloyd Lofthouse
After seventy-three-thousand words and one-hundred-ninety-four pages, this was screaming to be written....
values in China cause a result by Lloyd Lofthouse
This poem in a 'haibun'...
The First of All Virtues by Lloyd Lofthouse
This poem is a "haibun" comparing China with the West...
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Articles
It is Time – Relief for Victims of Lone-Wolf Killers such as James Holmes by Lloyd Lofthouse
Combat in America -- It's time to take care of our own in situations such as lone-wolf mass-murder events. ...
Living on the thin side of Black Ice by Lloyd Lofthouse
book review of a thriller...
Getting Oriented by Lloyd Lofthouse
After reading Wally Wood's novel, "Getting Oriented", I felt as if I had visited Japan....
Learning to Love and Hate while teaching ESL in the Middle Kingdom by Lloyd Lofthouse
An honest memoir that pulls no punches....
The Release of The Concubine Saga is another Cheap Marketing Ploy by Lloyd Lofthouse
This was a secret the author hoped to keep....
The Story behind the National Debt by Lloyd Lofthouse
I'm not going to talk about what might happen but what has already happened....
Using Alchemy to Disarm Psychological Vampires by Lloyd Lofthouse
There is a way authors may respond to negative book reviews....
Learning what Win-Win Really Means by Lloyd Lofthouse
The importance of understanding evolution....
Review for Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Lloyd Lofthouse
Any fool can be a parent and the average American parent is a fool....
In Defense of Tiger Mothers Everywhere by Lloyd Lofthouse
The facts say the Tough Love approach to raising children is better....
Amy Chua on Superior Chinese Mothers by Lloyd Lofthouse
Is the Tough Love approach to raising Children better than the soft self-esteem method....
Rachel Cord, PI by Lloyd Lofthouse
A detective action novel written by R. E. Conary...
The God Patent by Lloyd Lofthouse
a novel written by Ransom Stephens...
Midnight Tequila by Suzann Kale by Lloyd Lofthouse
How about hot-wax sex for grief?...
Cloyne Court by Lloyd Lofthouse
This is a biased book review, and I wasn't paid to write it....
At The Table of Want by Lloyd Lofthouse
After I started reading "At the Table of Want", it was a struggle not to drop everything else and read nonstop. Hooked, I was ......
It Must Have Been Better than Sex by Lloyd Lofthouse
Imagine going on a first date hoping to have hot sex and ......
Xian by Lloyd Lofthouse
China's first capital....
The Crusading Spirit in Modern America by Lloyd Lofthouse
This is an abridged book review. ...
China in Transition, Part Three by Lloyd Lofthouse
China's prosperity changing faces....
The Power of Figurative Langauge to Enhance Fiction by Lloyd Lofthouse
Figurative language improves fiction and adds Power to your work....
Building Characters Through Conflicts by Lloyd Lofthouse
Learn how to improve the characters in your stories....
Book Review for The Caliphate by Lloyd Lofthouse
Book Review for Jack Stewart's Thriller...
Becoming Respectable by Lloyd Lofthouse
In the world of Self-Publishing...
First Eighteen Months by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's all about the publication, promotion blues....
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News
Honorable Mention at 2013 San Francisco Book Festival by Lloyd Lofthouse
"Running with the Enemy" is awarded an honorable mention at the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival...
Please support this vital Amazon.com petition by Lloyd Lofthouse
Amazon.com: Program a feature into their site that allows users to block other users. ...
Found Guilty because of Reckless and False Speech by Lloyd Lofthouse
based on real events...
A Goodreads Giveaway for Runing with the Enemy by Lloyd Lofthouse
This novel contains adult themes....
News to Share December 2012 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Catching up on news...
Historical Novel Society by Lloyd Lofthouse
Review for Our Hart, historical fiction by Lloyd Lofthosue...
Midwest Book Review for Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication to...
A Review of Our Hart by Tom Carter by Lloyd Lofthouse
A Critical Review of "Our Hart" by Tom Carter, author of "China: Portrait of a People"...
Amazon lists Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Amazon posted a listing for Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine on 2/19/10...
First Review for Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Our Hart reviewed by Simon Barret on Blogger News Network...
My Splended Concubine on The Author Show by Lloyd Lofthouse
Book Review and TV interview...
Our Hart wins at Nashville by Lloyd Lofthouse
The sequel to My Splendid Concubine wins literary award....
The Soulful Veteran by Lloyd Lofthouse
What does war do to the warriors that fight in them?...
Hollywood Book Festival Winner by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine wins an honorable mention in general fiction...
So Many Precious Books, So Little Time by Lloyd Lofthouse
New Book Review from Canada for My Splendid Concubine...
Win a Free Copy by Lloyd Lofthouse
For "Crazy Normal" and/or "Our Hart"...
2009 San Francisco Book Festival by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine won an honorable mention in General Fiction at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival...
WNB TV Network by Lloyd Lofthouse
The Authors Show with Danielle Hampson...
The Romance of History by Lloyd Lofthouse
The past is a foreign country: they do things different there. L.P. Hartley...
Take a Virtual Book Tour by Lloyd Lofthouse
December 2008 through January 2009
Also drop by and visit Vietnam 1965 - 1966...
Radio86, about a Labor of Love by Lloyd Lofthouse
Radio86 broadcasts from Europe and England....
My Splendid Concubine's Kindle Edition by Lloyd Lofthouse
Link to an interesting piece in the media about the Kindle & Amazon.com released My Splendid Concubine on March 10, 2009, as a Kindle edition....
Authors Read by Lloyd Lofthouse
Lloyd Lofthouse, author, My Splendid Concubine, was a guest on Authors Read. ...
My Splendid Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
This novel, based on a real life love story, will be released in a second edition soon....
The Book Stacks by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine was reviewed on The Book Stacks by JM....
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Links
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| My Splendid Concubine
There are links on the opening page to his Website to Podcasts of several of the talk shows Lloyd has been a guest on.
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History or His Story
My Splendid Concubine's first media review
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Additional information
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| "My Splendid Concubine" is Lloyd's first novel. It was a work of nine years that went deep into Chinese culture, history and the life of Sir.Robert Hart, a major historical character on the world's stage in China during the nineteenth century.
In March 2008, Lloyd was a guest on more than a doezen radio talk shows that broadcast from more than a hundred stations in North America. The topic: "Is China Really a Threat to the United States?"
In April 2008, Lloyd is scheduled to be a guest on more than five hundred radio station (due to syndication). Topic: "Are Olympic Protesters Endangering America?" |
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Contact
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My Splendid Concubine
PO Box 4221
Walnut Creek
CA
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