Gerald J. Tate

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Gerald J. Tate
Born (1954-02-06) 6 February 1954 (age 70)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Horror writer, Aircraft engineer
Notable workCappawhite, Beyond the Forest's Edge, Hot Sand, Cool Sea, From Sparta

Gerald J Tate (born 6 February 1954, Belfast) is a Northern Irish horror writer, who is also an aircraft engineer.[1]

Writings[edit]

His first book, Cappawhite, was released in 2006, and re-edited in 2009. Director Ron Howard was in talks with the author from 2007. It was hoped Cappawhite would be made into a movie.[2]

His second book, Beyond the Forest's Edge, was the follow-up, with both books winning Editors Choice, Book of the year Awards for 2007 & 2008 with Allbooks review of Panama City and Canada.[citation needed] He then brought out Hot Sand, Cool Sea, an anthology of short stories. His latest published book, From Sparta, was released on Oct 2009. From Sparta has been short-listed for Book of the year 2010 with Spinetinglers publishing.[3] The final part of the Cappawhite trilogy, Dead Village was to be released sometime in 2010.[4] He also has a short story in the published Spinetinglers anthology 2009, titled "When the Dead Call".

He has also written a variety of children's stories which will be coming to publication soon. The Farmyard Buddy volumes will have a collection of a dozen safety stories for children aged 7–11. He also writes poetry, and has a collection of over 100 poems which he has released on the Authorsden site.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Milton, Stephen (16 July 2007), "Writes, camera action", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
  2. ^ Milton, Stephen (19 January 2007), "Hollywood beckoning for Gerald", The Sun, retrieved 10 February 2010
  3. ^ "Gerald J Tate's Page". Gerald J Tate's Page. Gerald J Tate's Page. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Cappawhite". booksforfilm.ning.com/. Retrieved 8 February 2013.[permanent dead link]

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