Gerald J. Tate

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Gerald J. Tate
Born (1954-02-06) 6 February 1954 (age 69)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Horror writer, Aircraft engineer
Notable workCappawhite, Beyond the Forest's Edge, Hot Sand, Cool Sea, From Sparta

Gerald J Tate (born 6 February 1954, Belfast) is a Northern Irish horror writer, who is also an aircraft engineer. [1]

Contents

Writings

His first book, Cappawhite , was released in 2006, and re-edited in 2009. Director Ron Howard was in talks with the author from 2007. It was hoped Cappawhite would be made into a movie. [2]

His second book, Beyond the Forest's Edge , was the follow-up, with both books winning Editors Choice, Book of the year Awards for 2007 & 2008 with Allbooks review of Panama City and Canada.[ citation needed ] He then brought out Hot Sand, Cool Sea , an anthology of short stories. His latest published book, From Sparta , was released on Oct 2009. From Sparta has been short-listed for Book of the year 2010 with Spinetinglers publishing. [3] The final part of the Cappawhite trilogy, Dead Village was to be released sometime in 2010. [4] He also has a short story in the published Spinetinglers anthology 2009, titled "When the Dead Call".

He has also written a variety of children's stories which will be coming to publication soon. The Farmyard Buddy volumes will have a collection of a dozen safety stories for children aged 7–11. He also writes poetry, and has a collection of over 100 poems which he has released on the Authorsden site.

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References

  1. Milton, Stephen (16 July 2007), "Writes, camera action", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
  2. Milton, Stephen (19 January 2007), "Hollywood beckoning for Gerald", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
  3. "Gerald J Tate's Page". Gerald J Tate's Page. Gerald J Tate's Page. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. "Cappawhite". booksforfilm.ning.com/. Retrieved 8 February 2013.[ permanent dead link ]

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