![]() ![]() Īs part of the Crime Express series, Duncan wrote the short story, "The Mentalist".ĭuncan has since moved into writing steampunk novels. Backlash was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association CWA New Blood Dagger award for the best debut crime novel of 2003. His first published novels form the so-called "Riot Trilogy", each of which examine the same riot, on one day in Leicester, from the experience of a different character. He now uses dictation software as a tool in the writing process. īeing dyslexic, it was the invention of the word processor that enabled him to develop his storytelling and writing skills. He returned to Leicestershire in 1993, where he lives in Glenfield working as an author and lecturer at De Montfort University. Duncan moved to Taiwan in 1989, where he established an environmental education development programme on behalf of the Baháʼí Faith community. He returned to Leicester to study Geology and Satellite Imagery for a PhD, but did not complete this. Duncan went on to study Mining Geology in the University of Leicester, for which he attained a BSc (Hons). He was identified as dyslexic at the age of eight and made his way through the education system by avoiding writing as far as possible. Rod Duncan (born 1962, Wales) is a British writer. ![]()
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