Gary Ley

Infobox Person
name = Gary Ley

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image_size = 150
birth_date = Birth year and age|1956
birth_place = Swansea
nationality = Welsh
occupation = writer, sculpture technician
known_for = "Taking Ronnie to the Pictures", "Strange Tunnels Disappearing"

Gary Ley (born 1956) is a Welsh writer and sculpture technician.cite web|url=http://www.sculptureculture.co.uk/index.php?p=artists |title=About the Artists |accessdate=2008-04-23 |date=2007-08-26 |publisher=Sculpture Culture]

Born in Swansea, Ley studied Geography at university and had a career as a teacher and lecturer before being involved in the setting up of a sculpture business in 1988. His first novel, "Taking Ronnie to the Pictures", was published in 1998 and is notable for having been a runner-up in Seren’s First Novel Competition.cite web|url=http://www.seren-books.com/authors/?author_id=1392 |title=Authors: Ley, Gary |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Seren] It deals with the subject of child abuse, employing flashbacks and having a narrative that moves between Texas and Wales.cite web|url=http://www.gwales.com/goto/biblio/en/1854111930|title=Taking Ronnie to the Pictures |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=GWales.com] cite web|url=http://www.seren-books.com/product-search/p/1667/ |title=Taking Ronnie to the Pictures |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Seren]

Ley published his second novel, "Strange Tunnels Disappearing", in 2002. It is set in the 1980s against the backdrop of the internal conflict in Peru of that time; its main characters are a British aircraft salesman and a Peruvian politics lecturer associated with the Shining Path. The imagined persona of the 19th century railway builder Henry Meiggs features prominently in the novel.cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/185411302X/ |title=Strange Tunnels Disappearing |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk] cite web|url=http://www.seren-books.com/product-search/p/1850/|title=Strange Tunnels Disappearing |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Seren]

Bibliography

*cite book | last = Ley | first = Gary | title = Taking Ronnie to the Pictures | publisher = Seren | date = 1998-09-22 | location = Bridgend | isbn = 1854111930
*cite book | last = Ley | first = Gary | title = Strange Tunnels Disappearing | publisher = Seren | date = 2002-04-18 | location = Bridgend | isbn = 185411302X

References

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NAME=Ley, Gary
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Writer
DATE OF BIRTH=1956
PLACE OF BIRTH=Swansea, Wales
DATE OF DEATH= 2007
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