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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, DELTA FORCE VAMPIRE and the bestselling JACK TATE thriller series TOTAL BLACKOUT and TOTAL FALLOUT. His new SOPHIE RACINE thriller series will be publisehd in July 2021. 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 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 has 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


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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