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Malcolm Foster
Malcolm has been writing stories and telling them all his adult life. He has made storytelling a central part of his professional life as a teacher. His aim has always been to get his readers (and ...view moreMalcolm has been writing stories and telling them all his adult life. He has made storytelling a central part of his professional life as a teacher. His aim has always been to get his readers (and listeners) hooked by creating vivid mental pictures in their minds, similar to watching a movie and thereby carrying them along with the drama of the characters’ lives.
While teaching at St. John’s International School in Sidmouth, he has written and produced many plays for young people, encouraging them to tell stories themselves, whether truth or fiction, and enjoy the whole mental process of telling and listening to stories.
As a teacher and student of history, he has always been fascinated by the Norman invasion of England. He first learned of local events growing up in Hastings.
Malcolm has tried to bring the events of 1068 alive by setting them in the everyday lives of the Saxons of Exeter, but also trying to portray the determination and ruthlessness of a king who was prepared to lay waste to the entire north of England to get his own way while at the same time dealing less savagely with a wealthy and important cityview less
Books by Malcolm Foster
The Handmaid's Tale (MAXNotes Literature Guides) The Demon in the Bones: Book 1 of the Mrs. Pendlebury Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Eyes of Exeter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings