avg_rating: 4.24
name: Roger Swindells
about: Roger Swindells was born and brought up in Grimsby in Lincolnshire moving to Ipswich Suffolk with his job as an officer of H.M.Customs and Excise before retiring after 37 years service. Married to Lyn, a retired nurse, they have a son Matthew and two grand-daughters. He is an accomplished philatelist and life long fan of Grimsby Town FC , 'The Mariners'.An avid student of 20th century Dutch history he always flirted with the idea of writing a Dutch based novel. Following endless encouragement from his sister-in-law Sandra, a forty year love affair with The Netherlands in general and Amsterdam in particular and the discovery in the Dutch press of a story about a box of personal possessions found hidden in an Amsterdam house since WWII, he wa Roger Swindells was born and brought up in Grimsby in Lincolnshire moving to Ipswich Suffolk with his job as an officer of H.M.Customs and Excise before retiring after 37 years service. Married to Lyn, a retired nurse, they have a son Matthew and two grand-daughters. He is an accomplished philatelist and life long fan of Grimsby Town FC , 'The Mariners'.An avid student of 20th century Dutch history he always flirted with the idea of writing a Dutch based novel. Following endless encouragement from his sister-in-law Sandra, a forty year love affair with The Netherlands in general and Amsterdam in particular and the discovery in the Dutch press of a story about a box of personal possessions found hidden in an Amsterdam house since WWII, he was inspired to write his first book, Mendelevski's Box winner of the bronze medal in the historical fiction genre in the prestigeous Readers Favourite 2020 competition ...more