EJ is an author/screenwriter. Have a look at EJ’s work below:
Author/writer
2021 Dusk or Dawn (Novel) - available on kindle & paperback via amazon.co.uk
2021 Hairy Lockdown (Short screenplay; Deafinitely Theatre).
2020 Every Father’s Nightmare (Novel) - available on kindle via amazon.co.uk.
2019 Finding Nina! (Stage scriptwriter; Deaf Connection).
2017 Smoking Kills! (Short Screenplay).
2016 The Studio (short screenplay).
2013 Dad's Basketball Girl (Novel) - available on Kindle via amazon.co.uk
** Contact EJ Raymond if you are interest to buy “Dad’s Basketball Girl” & “Every Father’s Nightmare”, which are come out in paperback books now. Visit EJ’s facebook page: “EJ Raymond - Author” and message EJ. **
“Dad’s Basketball Girl” (1993/2020)
A beautiful emotive tale of an unbreakable bond between a teenage father and his deaf daughter.
This is a story of Zack a carefree 16 year old who comes home from basktetball practice one day to a revelation that change his life forever.
The place is Edinburgh, the year 1980. Zack, a carefree sixteen year old basketball-mad boy returns home from practice felling his life was perfect when he receives the shocking news from his father that the hospital wanted to see him right away. What does the hospital want him for?
This news is entirely unexpected, and what’s more, the result of his visit to hospital will change his life for ever and the lives of everyone around him.
It results in him finding a relationship and a strong bond with his deaf daughter, leading him to discover sign language and the richest of deaf culture. With love, tears and laughter, this is a heartwarming story of commitment, discovery and a beautiful father daughter bond.
A first novel by an exceptional talent, this book will leave a tear in the eye of everyone who reads it as well as a genuine appreciation of the world of the deaf and all that it entails.
“Every Father’s Nightmare” (2020)
One white lie can’t do much harm, can it? James thought different.
A mysterious disappearance a few weeks before Christmas, leaves a family distraught. How will the family cope?
Zack finds out some interesting things about his eldest daughter.
A brilliant follow up to Dad’s Basketball Girl.Front cover illustrate by Nora Duke (12 year old) - follows her work on Facebook under the name “NoraArt”.
Dusk or Dawn (2021)
Dusk or Dawn… do you think its easy to make a decision?
Not for Sinead it isn’t.
After facing a group of vampires and also being shocked by a meeting with someone from her past, Cara, a deaf lady she believed had died many years ago. Sinead tried to find out Cara’s dark secret, what was her story?
Cara moved back to Manchester, having moved away when she was a teenager to start afresh, she had a girlfriend of two years, Rose, who was hearing, a former womaniser before meeting Cara. After Rose put pressure on Cara in the bedroom, something Cara was not ready for, Cara walked out on Rose and her life unexpectedly changed, going horrifically wrong.
There were many complications for Cara & Sinead but can they work it out and get their happy ending?
illustrate by Philippa Thomlin - follows her work on linktr: https://linktr.ee/PhilippaTomlin