{"id":1849,"date":"2022-07-25T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T16:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/?page_id=1849"},"modified":"2022-07-25T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:14:09","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1849\" class=\"elementor elementor-1849\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e4a5535 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e4a5535\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e51107\" data-id=\"8e51107\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a45c68c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a45c68c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e34dba7\" data-id=\"e34dba7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-584d588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"584d588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-1013x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1796\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-1519x1536.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/jbevans.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bio-Photograph-July-2021-scaled-1-1-1-2026x2048.jpg 2026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-480cc21\" data-id=\"480cc21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d29a8c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d29a8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hello!<\/strong><\/p><p>My name is Jonathan B Evans and I am a fantasy author whose author HQ (or the desk in my study) is at the edge of London &#8211; as far as you can go without straying into the countryside. And sometimes, when I\u2019m not staring out of the window; making a coffee; checking what other members of the family are up to; daydreaming; snacking; making another coffee; checking social media; making more coffee; and procrastinating, I can be found there tapping away at my keyboard making up stories. \u00a0<\/p><p>I originally started writing stories for my two daughters when they were young teenagers, and I was looking for a distraction from my boring day job. That was many years ago and I wrote mostly on the train commuting to London Bridge every day.<\/p><p>That was so long ago in fact, they have both grown up, been to university and have flown the nest. But I have kept returning to the manuscripts I wrote and have spent hours, days, years even, editing; getting people to read them; changing them; honing them; and generally messing around; until this point, when I\u2019ve finally decided enough is enough \u2013 it\u2019s time to let go and set them free on an audience.<\/p><p>I hope you enjoy them.<\/p><p>If you would like to sign up to my newsletter and keep up to date with my new books<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/author\/jonathan-b-evans\/subscribe\/38413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/author\/jonathan-b-evans\/subscribe\/38413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a>or contact me at <a href=\"mailto:jonathan@jbevans.co.uk\">jonathan@jbevans.co.uk<\/a><\/p><p>Best wishes<\/p><p>Jonathan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! 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