Samuel Hawley
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Samuel Hawley

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Samuel Hawley is a Canadian writer and filmmaker with BA and MA degrees in history from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He was born and grew up in South Korea and taught English there and in Japan for many years before becoming a full-time writer. His books include "THE IMJIN WAR," the most comprehensive account in English of Japan's 16th-century invasion of Korea and attempted conquest of China; "SPEED DUEL," about the quest for the land speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s; "I JUST RAN," the biography of Canadian Olympic legend Percy Williams, the World’s Fastest Human in the late 1920s; "ULTIMATE SPEED," the authorized biography of land speed racing icon Craig Breedlove; and "THE FIGHT THAT STARTED THE MOVIES: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film." His next book, a novel called "DAIKON," will be published by Simon & Schuster's Avid Reader Press imprint in July 2025. He lives with his wife in Istanbul, Turkey.
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    • Daikon

    • A Novel
    • Written by: Samuel Hawley
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 2025-07-08
    • Language: English
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