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He is a travel blogger of his own website, thisgallivantinglife.com and has recently completed an MA, in Creative Writing and Publishing at Bournemouth University.<\/p>\n<p>His debut novel South of Heaven is based upon his time working at a backpacker\u2019s hostel in Bali, Indonesia and the stranger than fiction situations he found himself in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73\" src=\"http:\/\/www.authors.buprojects.uk\/john-kyriacou\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/05\/Wall-compressed-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.authors.buprojects.uk\/john-kyriacou\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/05\/Wall-compressed-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.authors.buprojects.uk\/john-kyriacou\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2021\/05\/Wall-compressed.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kyriacou was born in London, England. 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