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Let's Write a Page Turner! The Ultimate Instruction Manual for Writers

Jan-Andrew Henderson

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English
Black Hart
01 June 2023
This is not a book or a guide. It's an instruction manual. Just like you would use to build a flat-pack wardrobe.

This one happens to be for stories of any genre, from horror to romance.

It's a practical, step-by-step, nuts and bolts approach.

Add a bunch of innovative, unique tips and you have everything you need to craft a page-turner.

Jan-Andrew Henderson is a professional editor, industry assessor and multi-award-winning author of 40 books.

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Imprint:   Black Hart
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9780645495713
ISBN 10:   0645495719
Pages:   198
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jan-Andrew Henderson (J.A. Henderson) is the author of 40 children's, teen, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction books. He has been published in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Europe by Oxford University Press, Collins, Hardcourt Press, Amberley Books, Oetinger Publishing, Mainstream Books, Black and White Publishers, Mlada Fontana, Black Hart and Floris Books. He has been shortlisted for fifteen literary awards in the UK and Australia and won the Doncaster Book Prize, The Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award - Britain's biggest children's book prize. He runs The Green Light Literary Breakdown Service, offering advice and editing to authors and teaches online courses for the Romance Writers of Australia Academy and Infostack. He has appeared at numerous writers festivals and given talks and workshops across the UK and Australia in conjunction with Literature Live, Authors Abroad, Nexus Arts and Speakers Ink. He is a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors, an industry assessor/mentor for the Queensland Writers Centre, a mentor for the Horror Writers Association, an ambassador for Australia Reads, a peer/grant assessor for the Australian Council for The Arts, a convenor for the Aurealis Awards and Writer in Residence for organisations as disparate as Ipswich Kindergarten and The Catholic School, Townsville. He features in many anthologies as a contributor and editor and has written several plays - performed as far apart as New York State, Texas, Leeds and the Edinburgh International Festival. He is also the founder of Black Hart Entertainment which runs the famous City of the Dead Ghost Tours in Edinburgh and Black Hart Press.

Reviews for Let's Write a Page Turner! The Ultimate Instruction Manual for Writers

'One of the UK's most promising writers' - Edinburgh Evening News 'One of the UK's best talents' - Lovereading.co.uk 'Jan Henderson writes the kind of thrillers that make you miss your stop on the bus' - Times Educational Supplement 'A moving, funny and original writer' - The Austin Chronicle 'Jan Henderson has written some incredible books... One of my favourite authors' - Sharon Rooney (star of My Mad Fat Diary, Dumbo and Barbie) 'If there were more books like yours out there, maybe people would be reading more' - Charlie Higson (Young James Bond and The Enemy series)


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