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Joe Cawley

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Joe Cawley is a travel writer and award-winning author published in many international newspapers and magazines such as The Times, New York Post and Taipei Times.
His first book, More Ketchup than Salsa was voted 'Best Travel Narrative' by the British Guild of Travel Writers and follows the disasters of a young couple seeking greener pastures abroad.
Joe currently lives in the hills of Tenerife with his family and an assortment of other wildlife. Although he loves his family dearly, he admits he gets most sense out of the guinea pigs.
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Today's the day!

Hell, that took a lot longer than anticipated!
But finally, I'm pleased to welcome to the world my third and last book in the Ketchup trilogy - Less Ketchup than Salsa
Less Ketchup than Salsa: Finding my Mojo in Travel Writing
Less Ketchup than Salsa Finding my Mojo in Travel Writing (More Ketchup, #3) by Joe Cawley Read more of this blog post »
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Published on July 24, 2018 05:31 Tags: author, cawley, funny, ketchup, memoir
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