{"id":594,"name":"Peter Lingard","url":"","description":"I am a member of the Phoenix House Writers.  My short stories and several poems are published more than 300 times as well as being aired on Radio NAG, Queensland and 4RPH, Brisbane.  Professional actors have performed my poetry and I have appeared as a guest on Southern FM\u2019s program \u2018Write Now\u2019 to read and discuss my work.  I have read and chatted about some of my poems on 3CR\u2019s \u2018Spoken Word\u2019 and had a monthly spot on 3WBC (94.1FM) to read my tales.  My novels, <i>Boswell\u2019s Fairies<\/i> about life in the Royal Marines and <i>The Book of Dave<\/i> about a London barman are available in stores and online.  My third novel, <i>Loyal Machines<\/i>, (yet to be published) is about service with 40 Commando in the Far East (using the same characters as read about in <i>Boswell\u2019s Fairies<\/i>).  An anthology of some of my stolries, entitled <i>Ruffians, Rogues and Romantics<\/i> was published a couple of years ago. Some poetry and short stories are published regularly by <i>Chewers by Masticadores<\/i> (USA).","link":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/author\/peter-lingard\/","slug":"peter-lingard","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-96x96.jpg"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":101091,"full":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard.jpg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-192x192.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-96x96.jpg","160":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-160x160.jpg","80":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-80x80.jpg","200":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-200x200.jpg","24":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-48x48.jpg","64":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-64x64.jpg","32":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Peter-Lingard-32x32.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.close2thebone.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}