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Member Since: Sep. 14, 2009

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Lloyd Lofthouse

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Lloyd Lofthouse earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine. While working days as an English teacher at a high school in California, he enjoyed a second job as a maitre d’ in a multimillion-dollar nightclub. He now lives near San Francisco with his wife, with a second home in Shanghai, China. His short story, A Night at the ‘Well of Purity’ was named as a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.

Where to find Lloyd Lofthouse online

Website: http://www.mysplendidconcubine.com
Twitter: lflwriter

Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=57167114&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro
Blog: http://ilookchina.net/

Where to buy in print

http://www.amazon.com/My-Splendid-Concubine-Lloyd-Lofthouse/dp/0981955304/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235954685&sr=1-2

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The Accidental Activist by Alon Shalev
Price: $2.99 USD. 58540 words. Published by Lloyd Lofthouse on November 19, 2010. .

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David meets Goliath in the law courts of England in the 1990's. The advent of the Internet is leveling the playing field as a multinational corporation tries to silence two young political activists in a riveting court case that captivates the political and business world's attention.

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Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Price: $3.99 USD. 119080 words. Published on March 28, 2010. Fiction.
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication to China was born from the love for one woman—a love story Robert wanted to hide from the world. I spent a decade exploring China and Hart's life to discover this story.

My Splendid Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
Price: $3.99 USD. 132950 words. Published on September 18, 2009. Fiction.
No Westerner has ever achieved Robert Hart’s status and level of power in China. Driven by a passion for his adopted country, Hart became the “godfather of China’s modernism,” inspector general of China’s Customs Service, and the builder of China’s railroads, postal and telegraph systems, and schools. But his first real love is Ayaou, a young concubine

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