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Genesis is his eighth novel, and originated during a year beckett spent studying dna at the allan wilson centre for molecular ev. Bernard beckett, born in 1967, is a high school teacher based in wellington, new zealand, where he teaches drama, mathematics, and english. In 2006 bernard was awarded a fellowship for a project examining dna mutations. That year, he found himself looking for a way to combine his p. Approaching planes are gunned down, refugees shot on sight. Beckett has taught drama, mathematics and english at a number of high schools in the wellington region, and is currently teaching students at hutt valley high school in. Following the trend of dystopian novels, genesis will appeal to readers of scifi. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved.
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