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| Conn Iggulden |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2007 |
 Conn Iggulden was born in the normal way in 1971, and vaguely remember half-pennies and sixpences. He have written for as long as he can remember: poetry, short stories and novels. It’s what Conn Iggulden always wanted to do and read English at London University with writing in mind. He taught English for seven years and was Head of English at St. Gregory’s RC High school in London by the end of that period. He have enormous respect for those who still labour at the chalk-face. In truth, He can’t find it in me to miss the grind of paperwork and initiatives. He do miss the camaraderie of the smokers’ room, as well as the lessons where their faces lit up as they understood what Conn Iggulden was wittering on about.
His mother is Irish and from an early age she told him history as an exciting series of stories - with dates. His great-grandfather was a Seannachie , so he suppose story-telling is in the genes somewhere. His father flew in Bomber Command in WWII, then taught maths and science. Perhaps crucially, he also loved poetry and cracking good tales. Though it seems a dated idea now, Conn Iggulden began teaching when boys were told only girls were good at English, despite the great names that must spring to mind after that statement. His father loved working with wood and equations, but he also recited ‘Vitai Lampada’ with a gleam in his eye and that matters, frankly.
Conn Iggulden has always loved historical fiction as a genre and cut my teeth on Hornblower and Tai-Pan, Flashman, Sharpe and Jack Aubrey. He still remember the sheer joy of reading his first Patrick O’Brian book and discovering there were nineteen more in the series. He loves just about anything by David Gemmell, or Peter F. Hamilton or Wilbur Smith. Conn Iggulden supposes the one thing that links all those is the love of a good tale.
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That’s about it for the moment. There is a contact link off the main page if you’d like to write to me, or perhaps leave a comment in the forum. I’ll leave it there for the moment. If you’ve read my books, you know an awful lot about the way I think already. There’s no point overdoing it. |
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