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Shane Briant Shane Briant i(A19732 works by)
Born: Established: 1946 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Heritage: English
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1 y separately published work icon Live Feed Shane Briant , Shane Briant , 2013 10259874 2013 single work novel thriller crime

It is the new millennium. Ordinary people are daily influenced, controlled and manipulated by the electronic media. The world at large demands to see events unfold in real time. While ten years ago the first Internet generation was prepared to wait fifteen seconds for a personal computer to download pictures of a world catastrophe, now the 'ordinary Joe, ' clicking his iPhone in the street complains if he can't download live footage of death and destruction within a matter of seconds. A bank robbery goes bad. Five innocent bystanders are shot dead. The gang, two of whom have been accidentally shot by their own team, go to ground in a cave. The media stumble on their lair and without the knowledge of the robbers, film the last few days of their lives. It is a 'Live Feed' that soon become a worldwide feeding frenzy. But who exactly are the bad guys? The finale is totally shocking.

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1 y separately published work icon The Dreamhealer Shane Briant , Shane Briant , 2011 10259989 2011 single work novel thriller crime

The Dreamhealer is back, determined to lure his nemesis, Dermot Nolan, out in the open to finally exact a terrible revenge. His victims will be the young and famous. Prodigies. The killings will go on until Nolan, agrees to face him, mano-a-mano. This dark terrifying sequel to 'Worst Nightmares, ' is set in Paris and Los Angeles. Who will bury who?

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2 y separately published work icon Worst Nightmares Shane Briant , New York (City) : Vanguard Press , 2009 10259923 2009 single work novel crime thriller horror

Dermot Nolan is an award-winning bestselling author who seems to have it all—a successful career, fame, fortune, and a beautiful wife. Between the royalties coming in from his most recent book and the revenue he has received from the film company that bought the rights, Dermot seems every bit the literary darling.And yet, for the last year, he has suffered from a bout of writer’s block, and in the process has grossly overspent his income. So when Dermot comes across an unsolicited manuscript stuffed into his mailbox, he cannot help but feel intrigued. It tells the story of the homicidal “Dream Healer,” who snares his victims via his website, worstnightmares.net, seduces them into revealing their innermost fears, and then kills them by revisiting their very own nightmares upon them.

Dermot, with the help of his wife, begins to rework the novel, while simultaneously researching the individual dream stories. In his search, he very slowly begins to realize that the novel may not be entirely fictional, that these poor characters may have perished at the hands of a twisted torturer. Could the Dreamhealer be real? Could these innocent cyber-surfers have fallen victim to a raving maniac? Just how far is fact from fiction? And could Dermot be writing his own ticket to death...his very own worst nightmare?

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1 Advice from a Pulp Fiction Writer Shane Briant , 2006-2007 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , December/January no. 165 2006-2007; (p. 3, 16)
1 y separately published work icon Graphic Shane Briant , Rushcutters Bay : Marburg Press , 2005 Z1254709 2005 single work novel thriller crime detective
1 1 form y separately published work icon A Message from Fallujah Shane Briant , ( dir. Richard Gibson ) 2005 Z1225310 2005 single work film/TV
1 y separately published work icon Bite of the Lotus Shane Briant , Rushcutters Bay : Marburg Press , 2001 Z1225464 2001 single work novel crime thriller
1 y separately published work icon Hitkids Shane Briant , Rushcutters Bay : Marburg Press , 1999 Z1225461 1999 single work novel crime
1 y separately published work icon The Chasen Catalyst Shane Briant , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z255066 1995 single work novel crime thriller
1 y separately published work icon The Webber Agenda Shane Briant , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1994 Z455056 1994 single work novel crime thriller
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