David Pickering
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David Pickering

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'The maven of reference book writers', David Pickering has written, contributed to, edited, or ghosted well over 350 reference books for major British and American publishers. His works on history, folklore, language, theatre, etc. have won many fans and have led to numerous appearances in television and radio studios. Among other books, the enduringly popular dictionaries of Witchcraft and Superstitions are now available here as ebooks. His Penguin Book of Baby Names starred in Amazon's 2016 Christmas TV ad: see at https://youtu.be/RwIKmpPGxYw Among his most recent works of fiction are the picaresque thriller 'Travels with Truelove: Confessions of a Celebrity Chef' and 'The Laputa Option', which is also available as an audio book. 'Things Lost', 'Things Undreamt Of' and 'The Devils of Mons' are collections of his shorter fiction. One of his stories was long-listed for The Guardian Short Story Contest, judged by Stephen King, in 2016. Other titles include a popular series of classic short story anthologies featuring tales by great names in world literature. Further details at http://davidpickering.weebly.com/
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