I'm 61 years old. I was raised on a council estate on London's not-so-wild western edge and I now live in the country with my wife Jean who is an environmental activist. In my time I've been an engineering draughtsman, a school caretaker, a musician, a seller of guitars and records and a technician with a company importing Aria musical instruments into the UK from Japan.

I'm a writer of short stories. I have an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. My tutors there were Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter. My first collection of stories Brother, What Strange Place is This? is now out of print, but there are some secondhand copies floating around. My second collection Roof Whirl Away is now available at Amazon UK, price £6.99. Please buy from "More Buying Choices" (click on box on right of page), Richard Jefferies Society. Here's a link:

Roof Whirl Away

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