She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand. Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. His first novel, 'Daddy's Hobby' from the series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya' has been followed by four sequels, but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', eighteen novellas on the psychic development of a young teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely.īehind The Smile is the story of Lek, a Thai bargirl in Pattaya. Those beliefs, like 'Do unto another.', and 'What goes round comes around', Fate and Karma are central to my life, so they are reflected in my work'. I believe in reincarnation and lots more besides in that vein. When asked about his style of writing, he said, "I'm a Celt, and we are Romantic. "It has never taken me long to learn a language," he says, "but Thai bears no relationship to any other language I have ever studied before." He speaks, or has spoken, seven languages fluently and is currently learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of ten years. He has lived and worked in several countries and travelled in many, many more. Author Owen Jones, from Barry, South Wales, came to writing novels relatively recently, although he has been writing all his adult life.
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