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Alex Shaw
ALEX SHAW spent the second half of the 1990s in Kyiv, Ukraine, running his own business consultancy before being head-hunted for a division of Siemens. The next few years saw him doing business for the company across the former USSR, the Middle East, and Africa.
Alex is an active member of the ITW (The International Thriller Writers organisation) and the CWA (the Crime Writers Association). He is the author of the #1 International Kindle Bestselling ‘Aidan Snow SAS thrillers’ COLD BLOOD, COLD BLACK, COLD EAST, the standalone DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE, the bestselling JACK TATE thriller series TOTAL BLACKOUT, TOTAL FALLOUT, TOTAL CONTROL and TRAITORS the first in the SOPHIE RACINE thriller series. His writing has also been published in the thriller anthologies DEATH TOLL, DEATH TOLL 2, DEATH TOLL 3, CAPITAL CRIMES and ACTION PULSE POUNDING TALES 2 alongside International Bestselling authors including Stephen Leather and Matt Hilton.
He is commercially published by HARPERCOLLINS UK (HQ DIGITAL) in English and LUZIFER VERLAG in German.
TOTAL BLACKOUT, the first Jack Tate thriller was been SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING AWARD
Alex, his wife and their two sons divide their time between homes in Kyiv, Ukraine, West Sussesx, England and Doha, Qatar. Follow Alex on twitter: @alexshawhetman or Instagram @alexshawthrillerwriter or find him on Facebook.
Alex is represented by Justin Nash and Kate Nash of The Kate Nash Literary Agency. @JustinNashLit @katenashagent
Other Awards
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING AWARD – BEST PUBLISHED NOVEL
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Books by Alex Shaw
Total Control
Cold Blood (An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller, Book 1)
Cold Black (An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller, Book 2)
Cold East (An Aidan Snow SAS Thriller, Book 3)
Hetman: Donetsk Calling
Kyiv Rules
Death Toll
Death Toll 2: Hard Targets
Delta Force Vampire: Insurgency
Blood Bath
Action: Pulse Pounding Tales Volume 2
Total Blackout (A Jack Tate SAS Thriller, Book 1)
Total Fallout (A Jack Tate SAS Thriller, Book 2)
Traitors (A Sophie Racine Thriller, Book 1)
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