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Giles Kristian

ritish Norwegian cross country skier and bestselling author Giles Kristian was lead singer in 90s pop group Upside Down who had four hit records. He wrote his own songs and toured Europe as a solo artist. He also did modelling work and wrote advertising copy and then, while living in NYC he got a publishing deal for and two sequels. ‘I’d sold the idea of a trilogy when I had no clue what would happen in the next two books so from then on there was

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