Chris Walley

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Chris Walley is a geologist and author.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Author 3 Bibliography 4 References

[edit] Biography

Chris Walley was born in Wales in 1954, however he grew up in northern England. He studied geology at university, gaining a B.Sc. from the University of Sheffield and a Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Swansea. He taught at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon from 1980-84, where he met his wife and where his two sons were born.

From 1984-94, he was based in Swansea, where he was a consultant for the oil industry. He did fieldwork in a number of African and Asian countries and wrote numerous synthesis volumes on the geology of different countries. In the late eighties, he began writing in his spare time, feeling he could do a lot better than most of the books he picked up at airports. He had two novels, Heart of Stone and Rock of Refuge, published under the pseudonym of John Haworth.

In 1994, he was asked to return to Lebanon to rebuild the Department of Geology at AUB and we were there as a family from 1994-1998. During that time he not only taught and did research but was also involved in setting up a large environmental project in the Bekaa with A Rocha Lebanon.

In 1998, he returned to the UK to find a dearth of geology jobs. As a result he began to make a new career in writing and editing, in particular for the Christian market. He retained his geological interests, however, and led field trips for Wheaton College, Illinois.

In September 2004 he started teaching again, geology and geography, at Gorseinon College on the edge of Swansea. He now teaches geology and environmental science there full-time and attempts to find time to write.

[edit] Author

As John Haworth, he wrote two thrillers, which were published in the USA by Crossway; and have also been translated into Swedish and German:

• Heart of Stone (Monarch UK, 1988)
• Rock of Refuge (Monarch UK, 1989)

Under his own name, he is currently writing The Lamb Among the Stars series. This has appeared so far as:

• The Shadow at Evening (Authentic UK, 2002; Tyndale USA, 2004)
• The Power of the Night (Authentic UK, 2003; Tyndale USA, 2004)

As of October 2006, Tyndale have republished the first two books as one hardback volume: The Shadow and Night. The next in the series, The Dark Foundations, was published at the same time.

Chris has also co-authored a number of non-fiction books, particularly The Life: A Portrait of Jesus (Authentic, 2003), with J. John.

[edit] Bibliography

Under the pseudonym of John Haworth

• Heart of Stone (1988)
• Rock of Refuge (1989)

Written as Chris Walley

'The Lamb Among the Stars' series

• The Shadow at Evening (UK, 2002; USA 2004)
• The Power of the Night (UK 2003; USA 2004)
  • Republished in 2006 as The Shadow and Night
• The Dark Foundations (2006)

Co-authored/edited

• The Life: A Portrait of Jesus (Authentic 2003)
• Walking with God (Authentic 2002)
• Marriage Works (Authentic 2002)
• Ten: Living the Ten Commandments in the 21st Century (Kingsway 2000)

[edit] References

• christianbook.com. Chris Walley Interview. Press release.
• Author's website