- Julian Stockwin
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name = Julian Stockwin
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birthdate = 1944
birthplace = Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Flag|UK
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occupation =Novelist
genre = NavalHistorical novels
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notableworks = "Kydd "
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website = http://julianstockwin.com
footnotes =Julian Stockwin (born in
1944 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is an author of naval historical fiction.Biography
Born in 1944, Stockwin soon developed a love for the sea. Having an uncle, Tom Clay, who was a seaman in square-rigged ships and had sailed around
Cape Horn in the "Cutty Sark ", the sea was in his blood.cite web | title=Stockwin's official biography | last=Stockwin | first=Julian | work=julianstockwin.com | url=http://www.julianstockwin.com/Biography.htm | date= | accessdate=2007-07-06 ]After grammar school, his father sent him to sea-training school at "Indefatigable" at age 14. He joined the
Royal Navy at 15 and transferred to theRoyal Australian Navy when his family emigrated. [cite web | title=Agent's page | last=Blake (agent) | first=Carole | work=blakefriedmann | url=http://www.blakefriedmann.co.uk/bookClients/_149/ | date= | accessdate=2007-07-06 ] Stockwin served eight years, and was eventually rated petty officer.Stockwin attended the
University of Tasmania to readFar Eastern studies andpsychology . He did post-graduate work incross-cultural psychology . He got involved in the manufacture and design of computers andsoftware development . Returning to the navy and theRoyal Navy Reserve , Stockwin was honoured with an MBE and retired as Lt Commander.cite web | title=Stockwin's official biography | last=Stockwin | first=Julian | work=julianstockwin.com | url=http://www.julianstockwin.com/Biography.htm | date= | accessdate=2007-07-06 ]He returned to the
United Kingdom in 1990 and started to write in 1996. Naturally the subject was the sea.Works
Thomas Kydd series
#"
Kydd " (2001)
#"Artemis" (2002)
#"Seaflower " (2003)
#"Mutiny" (2004)
#"Quarterdeck" (2005)
#"Tenacious" (2005)
#"Command" (2006)
#"" (2007) (US title "The Admiral's Daughter")Reviews
"In Stockwin’s hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world." The Guardian. [The Guardian quoted at cite web | title=blakefriedmann | last= | first= | work= | url=http://www.blakefriedmann.co.uk/bookClients/_149/ | date= | accessdate= ]
Footnotes
External links
* [http://julianstockwin.com/ Julian Stockwin's Official Web Site]
* [http://www.hodderheadline.co.uk/index.asp?area=ge Hodder & Stoughton, Julian Stockwin's UK Publisher]
* [http://www.mcbooks.com/ McBooks Press, Inc., Julian Stockwin's US Publisher]
* [http://www.line-of-battle.de/special.php?id=33 Interview with Julian Stockwin]
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