Joel Snape

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Joel Snape
Born (1979-02-28) 28 February 1979 (age 43)
Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester
OccupationNovelist
Genre Children's Literature

Joel Snape (born 28 February 1979) is an English author. He is the author of the Dylan Douglas series, described by the Daily Telegraph as having the "flavour of a junior Martin Amis." [1] He is also GMA-nominated contributor to the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine and unofficial PlayStation magazine PSM3, has written for Venue, and previously worked as The Boy Next Door, an agony uncle for J-17. He is currently the editor at large of the UK edition of Men's Fitness magazine.

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  1. [ dead link ], telegraph.co.uk. Last retrieved 12 June 2007