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Karen Louise Hollis

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Karen Louise Hollis was born in Lincoln in 1969 and has written several books including ones on gymnastics, motherhood and Doctor Who, as well as a short story collection and two poetry collections.

In May 2015, her biography of the actor Anthony Ainley (1932-2004) was published. It is called Anthony Ainley - The Man Behind The Master and is published by Fantom Films. http://fantomfilms.co.uk/books/karenl...

In 2018, her second book on gymnastics was published - Gymnastics : A Golden Era 1985-89 and in August, Decades came out - a collection of short stories and poetry written over four decades.

Over the last few years, she has been concentrating on her new series of interviews with famous gymnasts - Gymnasts In Conversation.

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I am currently working with the actor Michael Jayston on his autobiography. It should be out in 2017.

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