Ian Dawson
Ian Dawson has been writing his entire life. He started when he was a kid writing puppet shows to perform for his friends and family, then started writing and drawing comic strips as well. Ian has always enjoyed writing stories that are entertaining and fun, which led him to get his BA in Dramatic Art at UC Davis where he wrote and directed a popular comedy play and a variety of short films. Ian also wrote a play that was produced through Sacramento State University and worked at the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium and Davis Media Access writing and producing content.
Ian later moved to Los Angeles to work on his Masters in Screenwriting at Cal State Northridge. While there he wrote a number of screenplays and interned at Lionsgate a
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Her wealth of experience in human behavior prompted Darlene to write her ideas on paper, which set the stage for her book, Stop Depriving The World of You, published by Sound Wisdom in 2018.
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I was born in the Punjab in Pakistan, emigrated to the UK as a small child and both cultures have influenced my writing.
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What Lies won the International Thriller Writers' Best Paperback of 2021 award.
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I got married in 2009 and my wife has been a great partner in helping me build everything. Writing has always been something I wanted to do, and now I have turned fifty, I have decided it is time to go for it!
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