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Hot Thriller In the Works Copperhead Author Enjoys Life In Rural Esquesing Township ACTON Author Jim Henderson looked or a country retreat Tor two yean before be and his wife fourd a suitable home and land In Township Now that they have lived there for over a year they found first impressions of the district were dose to the mark Jim Henderson is the author of the fast moving spy thriller Copperhead which Canadian publishers were hesitant to print because It uses Canadian place names and scenario for the plot They wanted Henderson to change Toronto and more exotic names like Paris or Budapest and then they might be interested in publishing the book But the author refused to bend to their wishes and decided instead to end his manuscript to New York starting with the biggest Alfred A Knopf Inc He Intended to go on down the line until it was accepted his surprise Knopf snapped it They sent a telegram asking to come to New York They liked the book but wanted the IB words chopped down to BOX That meant cutting out description and character but Jim Henderson did it The book was published and distributed in Canada by Random House subsidiary of Knopf in England by Collins PRINTING Sale of the book which reviewers generally agree is first of its kind with a Canadian setting have been Ills nowin its second printing the United Stales cover books Dickering Es also going on for foreign language rights Briefly the tale centres around David Sohns a Canadian in agent and his efforts to crack a ring of enemy agents carrying In their bodies a deadly plague which they can release at any time as part of a coordinated biological attack International Intrigue centres In Montreal and Toronto out West and in the Bar bados explodes in a sequence of suspense blood action and sex One reviewer said the mixture Is so lively and contemporary hi wonders if the Hal ton County of Education which Henderson would allow the book Into school libraries This writer talked with Hen derson at his Acton home which sits almost hidden by evergreens and birches on a hillside above the Black Creek which flows strongly but serenely through the Dolly Varden valley How do you go about writing a book Did you have the plot ail worked oat It came out my subconscious Jim answered matter He had always wanted to write a novel with a Canadian scenario dealing with chemical or biological warfare Encouraged by his wife who halls from Northern Ontario he finally sat down at the typewriter and began It developed as he wrote MUCH RESEARCH ll admits that he had to do a great deal of research on chemical and biological warfare to keep the plot authentic and notes with relish that the facts about that type In the book are true I suppressed a shudder Anyone who has read the book would know why Research on the book also in cluded snooping around in classified areas where Henderson admits be really had no right to be In a crack at Canadian security arrangements he said it was possible to walk into the classified areas he describes in the book and wander around I was bom in Iran raised in England and went to school In Was Im Welsh by teroperainent and inclination he told this reporter which may ac count for the fact he picked out the Dally Varden valley for his home which from certain vistas resembles parts of Wales Disenchanted with opportunities in the United Kingdom he migrated to Canada his first post a teaching Job in British Columbia I m not sorry for my half year there he says but from there he went to the provincial metropolis Vancouver the action is There he was hired as a radio producer by the CBC a job which started in a hotel beer parlor and terminated two years later by mutual agreement During his tenure there he wrote radio and TV scripts and produced shows experience which influenced the Department of Education to ask him to assist them with the groundwork for educational television after he came to On tarioand Burlington He taught school in Burlington for a year and then moved to where he look his present job coordinating language arts for the Hallan County Board of 1 was offered a good Job with OKA the TV branch of the Department of Education Hen derson says but the niggling desire to write a book was paramount and he knew the TV job would allow him little spare lime to indulge his whimsy His first novel had to be a thriller and Canadian he says It took about two years to write mostly on evenings and weekends but a major part was written last summer when he spent six weeks on a Caribbean Island Thrillers are the meet com field of fiction writing Henderson declares although he notes there is some bad fiction in the field which is doing a bit of a disservice Writers he admires who wrote The Ipcress File the most brilliant work In my field Ross Mac- Donald a Canadian now living in California who turned down SO from Paramount Pictures for rights unseen to his next book MacDonalds real name is Ken Miller and he has inlaws in Kit Ontario who he visits with Canadian scenarios turned down by publishers In Canada He now the lop writer of thrillers in the Stales Henderson declares The book Henderson most ad mires and would like tn emulate is John The Sty Who Came in From the Cold Hen derson has another thriller in the works now which he experts word bock from New York on soon Why another thriller Henderson Why not he says Thrillers are as good as any Macbeth is a thriller Henderson admits that In order to write a novel one has to bo a bit strange Itislhelondlcstjoblcan think he offers with no apologies He docs his novel writing on a set in trees behind his house There no phone or other distractions just heal and light and a window looking out into the bush Henderson a self confessed introvert admits he sometimes finds the discipline of writing novels hard He has to drag himself out to the cabin sometimes and he admits it Is discouraging to come back to the house with few reults when the muse deserts him TASTES But It is obvious this academic who has a lively interest In his surroundings people ecology writing philosophy art and theatre has catholic tastes which don t fit into mold Although exposed to the I sophistication of New York he blandly assets if the choice between a cocktail party on Madison Avenue or having a beer at the Station Hotel In Acton or the Charles Hotel in Milton ever appeared he would take the beer anytime On the other side of the coin thinks nothing of flying to the Caribbean or attending a theatre art show in New York He lively appreciation of art Through his work he in e has a Ion school School standards Some people feel standards are dropping but Jim Henderson says this is the most demanding period of time in education People in Ha Ion are more 1 crate than ever before and they expect more from teachers parents and students He rates the Acton high school very high but at the same time Is cognizant of the limitations small school presents You can it when you visit schools when there is a Rood rapport its in the arc the OWTIC and But this Is another Perhaps his interest In this port of Ontario and his detemunation to use Canada an places and names may one day spark a novel about this part of the country Meanwhile Jim Henderson and his wife enjoy living here and appreciate their home because it is central to his work and at the same time provides a retreat that is conducive to Imaginative works of fiction PHONE 8772201 Georgetown Herald GEORGETOWN DEC I CAN SERVE YOU One of our representatives will be at THE HOLIDAY INN TUESDAY DECEMBER 7 If you require a term loan for a new or existing business you are invited to dis cuss your needs with him An appoint ment can be arranged by telephoning INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK FINANCING FOR CANADIAN BUSINESSES Loblows RED OR BLUE BRAND BEEF STEAKS or ROASTS PORTERHOUSE or SIRLOIN or ROUND LB IJ9 SUPER BUYS QUALITY MEATS IMPOiKDstmRUIlH LAMB LEGS SWEET PICKLED COTTAGE ROLLS Tenderloin TURKEYS A A GRADE EYES RIGHT St Sights Tired of 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