Brad Goodwin

Brad Goodwin is a 30-year globe-trotting marketing and general management executive with a lifelong passion for writing, communication, storytelling, and in particular well-crafted thrillers that keep the pages turning. THE INDEPENDENT is his debut novel, crafted in the quiet hours after his family went to sleep. Brad was born in the sprawls of greater Toronto and has lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Surrey, England. He now resides amongst the loblolly pines of Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his family.

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