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Jerry Ibbotson biography

Jerry Ibbotson was born in London in 1969. He worked as a BBC radio journalist for almost ten years before leaving to run his own sound production company in 2000.

Chosen is his debut novel which he began writing in 2005 and published in 2008.

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Chosen

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Fantasy Author in Book Signing
Author Jerry Ibbotson will be signing copies of his first novel, Chosen, in Borders bookshop at Cheshire Oaks on Sunday June the 21st. Magic books, zombie vicars, God and fondue forks are brought together in the story of Alex Preston: a grumpy, daydreaming office worker who finds a tunnel in the ba [...]

Chosen by Jerry Ibbotson reviewed by M&C
Chosen *, by Jerry Ibbotson, was a very promising debut that Fantasy Book Review covered several months ago. Monsters & Critics have recently reviewed the urban fantasy and took a look to see what they thought. “The author has worked very hard and there are some amazingly well written passages [...]

Jerry Ibbotson book signing - March 8 2009
Local Author in Book Signing - Borders, Leeds Birstall, Sunday March 8th 1pm onwards Author Jerry Ibbotson [link to biography] will be signing copies of his first novel, Chosen, in Borders bookshop at Birstall in Leeds (near IKEA) on Sunday March the 8th. Magic books, zombie vicars, God and fo [...]

Jerry Ibbotson book signings
Jerry Ibbotson, the author of Chosen, will be signing copies of the fantasy novel at two forthcoming events at Borders stores. The first is at the branch at Teesside Park, on Teesside, on Saturday January the 10th from 11am onwards. The second is on January 24th at Borders on Oxford Str [...]

Jerry Ibbotson book signing
Borders, Leeds, Thursday December 4th, 5pm onwards York author and journalist Jerry Ibbotson will be signing copies of his first novel, Chosen, in Borders bookshop in Leeds on Thursday, December the 4th. Magic books, zombie vicars, God and fondue forks are brought together in the story of Alex Prest [...]


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