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Malcolm James Croan
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Malcolm James Croan posted a blog postPrincess Sheeba
Set entirely in the Australian outback 'PS' was originally written with kids/ young adults in mind. However I am finding that adults are just as taken with Sheeba's story. It has also been commented on by several educationalists as a must read for children of all ages.Now available as a download from Fairy Tales and Dreams: http://tinyurl.com/2fxvsm4Or check out my blog for background to this story, and sample chapters:…See More
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Authors Show at On ir/see link
July 1, 2010 from 12am to 12pm
I recently had the good fortune to be interview by Don McCauley On the ‘Authors Show.’ For those friends that may be interested, and can understand my Scottish lilt the show airs on Thursday July 1st at 12 midnight ET (5am GMT) and runs as one of several interviews continuously for twenty-four hours. Just select ‘Right Hand Up To God’ in the ‘ON Air’ window at top of page.
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- Favorite Book
- Alexander Kent (Richard Bolitho series) River God (Wilbur Smith)
- About Me:
- Mini Bio
My name is Malcolm James Croan, but I much prefer Callum (Gaelic for Malcolm.) I was born in Edinburgh Scotland on the 1st of November 1948. I mention this because, coincidentally it happened to be ‘All Saints Day,’ and by a stroke of good fortune for my mother, her birthday also.
My father Robert Croan known as Bob was a managing partner in the family business known as Robert Croan and Son’s. A fish and kipper curing enterprise of considerable size on a nationwide basis. Unfortunately the son’s did not refer to me, but to the previous generation, the business having been started by my grandfather, and his brothers. As it would turn out I would have to make my own way in life. But it has to be said that I did have a fairly privileged upbringing, which included a public school education. In the UK, public means private education. St Josephs College Dumfries it also happened to be a boarding school. This male bastion was administered, and controlled by the Marist brothers. A religious order that in time I would come to rebel against, and eventually at the tender age of twelve, I would abscond from.
The rest of my education was somewhat patchy, but I think it is safe to say that I probably would have been voted the least likely student to ever write anything worthwhile. My spelling was abominable and my English grammar probably no better than average. But I always had a good imagination, a talent which for some inexplicable reason was completely overlooked by the educational system of the day. I also had an insatiable desire to discover for myself what lay over the horizon.
Writing did not come naturally to me. It was a means to an end: at a time in my life when I thought I could make a quick buck. That was thirty years ago. My first novel was entitled ‘Retribution’ The story of a young man who after his fathers death discovers that his only sister was institutionalized as the result of her kidnap and abuse some ten years earlier. Mark sets out to find the culprits and inflict his own brand of justice.
‘Thicker Than Water’ would be my next foray into the literary world, and would eventually be published as ‘Right Hand Up To God.’ The gripping story of a young girls triumph over adversity, and at the same time, and half a world away her estranged half brother Sean would fall victim to the mindless violence that was Northern Ireland. While my heroine Lori triumphs over life’s hardship, her half-brother Sean by means of the I.R.A. proliferates the sectarian kayo that is Ulster. But the two siblings will be drawn together in an audacious venture to compromise the British government of Margaret Thatcher, and save the life of their younger brother Michael a roman catholic priest from a living hell; the Maze Prison Belfast.
- Website:
- http://callumc.wordpress.com/
New Book Video
RHG Video Code:
*A young girl struggles in a world of men.*
You are invited to the world premier of book video
‘Right Hand Up To God.’
A masterly crafted thriller (direct quote) by M.J. Croan. Enjoy!
Or visit my Website: Reviews, free gift, and Buy Now link here: http://www.wix.com/IntThriller/MalcolmJCroan/
*A young girl struggles in a world of men.*
You are invited to the world premier of book video
‘Right Hand Up To God.’
A masterly crafted thriller (direct quote) by M.J. Croan. Enjoy!
Or visit my Website: Reviews, free gift, and Buy Now link here: http://www.wix.com/IntThriller/MalcolmJCroan/
Malcolm James Croan's Blog
Princess Sheeba
Set entirely in the Australian outback 'PS' was originally written with kids/ young adults in mind. However I am finding that adults are just as taken with Sheeba's story. It has also been commented on by several educationalists as a must read for children of all ages.
Now available as a download from Fairy Tales and Dreams:…
ContinuePosted on August 25, 2010 at 10:59pm
Authors Show/Thursday 1st July.
I recently had the good fortune to be interview by Don McCauley On the ‘Authors Show.’ For those friends that may be interested, and can understand my Scottish lilt the show airs on Thursday July 1st at 12 midnight ET (5am GMT) and runs as one of several interviews continuously for twenty-four hours. Just…
ContinuePosted on June 11, 2010 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment
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