Born in 1961, he has been married to the same lovely lady for over thirty years and has two grown up sons. He possesses two higher degrees in philosophy from the University of Sussex. He is a sidesman in his local Church.In the past, he has won prizes in short story and poetry competitions, but none prestigious enough to catapult him to stardom. Apart from creative writing, his hobbies include walking in the countryside, identifying wild flowers and drinking rare teas. He enjoys CSI Miami and the films of Woody Allen. His favourite writers are Katherine Mansfield, Isaac Bashevis Singer and HP Lovecraft.In summary, he's quite a nice nice guy, but deadly boring. Tweet