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Derek Turner | |
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| Born | December 1964 |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Journalist |
| Website | derek-turner.com |
Derek Turner (born 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is a journalist and author of several novels.
Turner is the son of a ship’s captain of Methodist background and a Church of Ireland mother (the great niece of the Archbishop of Dublin). Before he became a journalist, he worked as a sailor, security guard, builder, advertising salesman for The Daily Telegraph , and production editor for a technical publishing firm.
Turner's work has appeared in a large number of magazines and newspapers, including The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, Literary Review, The Salisbury Review , Taki's Magazine, The Economist , European Journal, The Lady, and Kent Life. His articles appeared in the American magazines Chronicles [1] and the Connor Post, the German publications Junge Freiheit [2] and Criticón, and other journals in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and elsewhere.
He was editor of the rightwing magazine Right Now!, published by Taki Theodoracopulos. [3]
He edited the Quarterly Review from 2007 to 2011. [4]
His areas of focus are English letters, British topography, European culture and history, folklore, and current affairs.
Turner is the author of three novels: Sea Changes, [5] A Modern Journey, [6] and Displacement.[ citation needed ]
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