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Greg Hamerton (born in Cape Town in 1973) is a South African fantasy novelist and extreme sports writer.
Greg Hamerton was educated early at a Waldorf school (based on the Rudolf Steiner system).[ citation needed ] He matriculated from South African College Schools (SACS) in 1991 and completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Cape Town in 1994. He was qualified as a paragliding instructor in 1992, and was Chief Instructor of an active paragliding school in Cape Town. [1]
In 1997, Hamerton moved to the UK to teach paragliding and compete on the Paragliding World Cup circuit. Upon returning to South Africa, he began to write sport articles for various magazines, mostly to the international free-flying magazine Cross Country.
He also worked at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (2008–2010).[ citation needed ]
In 2020, he formed Fly With Greg to offer a unique system of pilot training. [2]
Hamerton's first novel, Beyond The Invisible, was published in 1998 by Eternity Press. This was followed by a non-fiction guidebook for Paragliding in South Africa (1999) titled The Fresh Air Site Guide. His epic fantasy series, The Tale of the Lifesong, began with The Riddler's Gift (2007) and continued with Second Sight (2010). He published another paragliding guidebook Best Flying Sites of the Alps in 2011. [3]
Hamerton's work contains elements of magical realism, and has a vivid visual style. He mentioned in an interview with Eternity Press that his writing comes to him visually. [4] His influences include J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Stephen Donaldson and Robin Hobb, and Terry Pratchett. [5]
In a 2007 interview with Something Wicked, he commented on his motivation to write: "For me it's a very personal joy. I really enjoy being in the mental state one reaches when writing creatively. It's a kind of meditation, and one I find invigorating. It feels that I'm wiser when writing than in the normal everyday world." [6]
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