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Current of Death

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Food of Love - Sylvia Vetta

Food of Love

- Sylvia Vetta

Sculpting the Elephant

Brushstrokes in Time - Sylvia Vetta

Brushstrokes in Time

Not so Black and White - Sylvia Vetta

Not so Black and White

Brushstrokes in Time - Sylvia Vetta

Brushstrokes in Time (German)

Oxford Castaways 3 - Sylvia Vetta

Oxford Castaways 3

Oxford Castaways 2 - Sylvia Vetta

Oxford Castaways 2

Oxford Castaways - Sylvia Vetta

Oxford Castaways

Poems in an Exhibition - Sylvia Vetta

Poems in an Exhibition

Green Power - Helen Peacocke - Sylvia Vetta

Green Power: The Spirulina Cookbook

The Radcliffe Legacy and other Oxford stories

The Radcliffe Legacy & other Oxford stories

The Midnight Press and other Oxford stories

The Midnight Press & other Oxford Stories

The Bodleian Murders and other Oxford stories

The Bodleian Murders & other Oxford stories

I Love You All - Sylvia Vetta

I love you All

Oxfordshire Rambles

Oxfordshire Rambles

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About the Author

As a writer Sylvia Vetta is best known in the Oxfordshire area for the 18 years she was a freelance writer on The Oxford Times and other magazines,  especially for her popular ‘Oxford Castaways’ series which gave her the opportunity to write the lives of  120 inspirational people from five continents. Her novels cross cultures but have impressive endorsements for their authenticity. ‘Brushstrokes in Time’ set in China and California wouldn’t have been possible without the three years she spent researching and interviewing Qu Leilei, a founder of the Stars Art Movement (Beijing 1979) who saved the life of the first leader of the Democracy Movement. It has been endorsed by China experts from Oxford, Harvard and Frankfurt and the poet Jenny Lewis says it is “Utterly mesmerising and unforgettable and among my top ten historical novels.”

‘Sculpting the Elephant’ set in Oxford and India, is close to her own life experience. Her Indian born partner Atam Vetta’s PhD was in Quantitative Genetics. She learned from him that each one of us is unique. Life has taught her that when you see your fellow human being as just that – a unique human being – and refrain from attaching labels you react with empathy. That is why she and one of her Oxford castaways, Nancy Mudenyo Hunt, have been able to co-author the novel ‘Not so Black and White’.

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